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

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

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

Potential changes to FEMA — and the reimbursements it awards to parishes after storms — have some New Orleans leaders on edge ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In the aftermath of one of history’s biggest engineering failures -- the breaching of levees during Hurricane Katrina -- the federal government built a nearly $15 billion ...

The recent escape of 10 individuals from the New Orleans Correctional Center has quickly shifted from a public-safety crisis ...

The levee failures following Hurricane Katrina ... and referenced its destruction as a “blank slate.” The stereotypes of New Orleans as barren and desolate allowed for a delusion that we ...

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United ...

A severe thunderstorm forced a Boeing 737 to attempt an emergency landing on the most unlikely, impossible place: a New Orleans levee. What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving? This Indian ...