The Army Corps says it’s finished fixing corroded flood pumps at New Orleans' outfall canals — a $760 million system built ...

As New Orleans officials brace for yet another potent hurricane season, stockpiling supplies and holding briefings with ...

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a $15 billion levee and surge protection system ...

The New Orleans Levee Protection System was designed to protect the city from massive flooding. The levee system was born out ...

The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane Katrina.

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Advances in forecast models, satellite data, and radar technology have transformed hurricane predictions since 2005.

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The only way to pinpoint the lowest center of pressure inside a hurricane is to put a manned aircraft in it. Right in the ...

Black New Orleans withstood the battle ... The levee failures following Hurricane Katrina resulted in citywide flooding and the destruction of over 130,000 homes in the city.

IN OUR LATEST INSTALLMENT OF FACES OF KATRINA, WDSU TRAVERS MACKEL HAS MORE FROM PLAQUEMINES PARISH AND THE MAN WHO LED THEM THROUGH THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER TO EVER HAPPEN. THERE. FOR AS FAR AS ...