NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In the aftermath of one of history’s biggest engineering failures -- the breaching of levees during Hurricane ... flood defenses, which had not been completed prior to Katrina.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina’s levee failures flooded ... That means during a tropical storm, flood gates close, massive pumps engage, and water from the ...

Cuts, chaos, and climate change are converging to leave Americans more vulnerable to disaster than they were in 2005.

Many remember the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that devoured the city of New Orleans in 2005, leaving the Six Flags Complex in Eastern New Orleans in shambles. 20 years later, the ruins of the ...

Katrina makes landfall ... a direct route between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.) The MR-GO's levees, which make up the easternmost length of the ring of hurricane-protection levees ...

New Orleans is becoming a major investment hotspot with booming real estate, tech growth, and massive infrastructure projects ...

The New Orleans city council declared on Thursday, June 12 that Aug. 29, the date Hurricane Katrina made landfall, will be a holiday for city workers for this year. It marks the 20th anniversary ...

New Orleans shines as the focus of Essence Magazine's May, June issue marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. The covers of the magazine serve as a heartfelt love letter to the Crescent City ...

In all my years of living, I had never heard New Orleans like that.” This is how Ausettua AmorAmenkum, 69, recalls her return to her home, following the destruction Hurricane Katrina brought ...

While New Orleans has grown by 150,000 residents ... urban disinvestment, and Hurricane Betsy and later Katrina. Many of the cities with the largest population declines are former manufacturing ...