The governor has allowed old-style Louisiana politics back into the east bank levee board, and he hasn't explained why, ...

Gov. Jeff Landry bypassed Louisiana’s flood board nominating process to appoint his own pick—raising alarm among reformers ...

New satellite data shows parts of New Orleans are sinking fast, including floodwalls meant to protect the city from storms.

A new study by Tulane University suggests some levees in New Orleans are sinking despite millions of dollars spent on infrastructure improvements since Hurricane Katrina. Using satellite radar ...

WDSU reporter Shay O'Connor went to the mural in the Lower 9th Ward, aiming to show kids there is a brighter future in New Orleans. "The wall addresses several points of time: Pre-Katrina, during ...

NEW ORLEANS — Adleanor Taylor says the levee is one of her favorite places to relax. “You have somewhere to go to and just sit by the water. It’s just really great.” For Holy Cross ...

NEW ORLEANS — Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten what happened after Hurricane Betsy caused catastrophic flooding ...

The Mississippi River levees—rammed earth reinforced with revetments of concrete or riprap—are 25 feet high, as wide as a football field, and did not come close to failing during Katrina.

Ricky Boyett, spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, said the urgent levee systems in the city were designed and built to withstand projected levels of land sinking ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District survey crew, assisted by Plaquemine Parish air boat crews, took to the sky to inspect the New Orleans to Venice Non-Federal Levee project following ...

AND HE TELLS US HE DOES PLAN TO CLIMB AGAIN. A NEW STUDY BY TULANE SUGGESTS SOME LEVEES IN NEW ORLEANS ARE SINKING, DESPITE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SINCE HURRICANE ...