After the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office acknowledged water leaks and shut-off s at the jail over Memorial Day weekend, the ...

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

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

A look back at some of the most destructive and deadliest hurricanes to ever hit Louisiana. When we think of some of the most intense and memorable hurricanes to ever hit Louisiana in the state's ...

During Katrina, the intersection of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet acted like a giant “V” to funnel storm surge into New Orleans East and St. Bernard Parish.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In the aftermath of one of history’s biggest engineering failures -- the breaching of levees during Hurricane Katrina ... Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction ...

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.

Fortunately, by late May 2006, signs of recovery had already begun to show, and the community was determined to prove its resilience. Then-NBA Commissioner David Stern symbolized this development by ...

With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide in 2023. The agency began encouraging cities, towns and counties ...

These hurricanes are coming at us faster and they’re coming for a longer time of the year. They’re producing more rain, ...

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in ...