Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez According to Zillow, New Orleans tops the list of U.S. metro areas facing the highest flood ...

New Orleans' recently installed real-time flood monitors were meant to serve as an early warning system, helping drivers and ...

Note that the blue outline only shows flooding in New Orleans proper; additional flooding occurred in certain suburbs. To see the flood extent in your area, click and drag on the map until your ...

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually ... arm of the Industrial Canal flood Orleans East. Later, around 10 a.m ...

The equation was simple; the more flood-prone a property, the higher the premium, based on flood maps and how high up a structure ... of real estate value” for New Orleans and other flood prone areas ...