The Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts are the latest factor. But funding concerns date back to Biden’s term, when ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed two new members to New Orleans’ levee board after a wave of resignations. One, a Katrina ...

In a nutshell New Orleans’ $15 billion flood protection system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—nearly 10 times faster than sea level rise The Louis Armstrong International Airport area shows ...

While it’s been a quiet hurricane season thus far, New Orleans residents are always anxious about the state of hurricane ...

Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates — including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new ...

A $15 billion hurricane protection system guards New Orleans against flooding. Experts say it must be upgraded because of climate change and land loss.

New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season has gotten underway, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University reveals hotspots in New Orleans' concrete flood walls which ...

A massive drainage pump that is crucial to getting water out of the New Orleans during hurricanes has corroded just 5 years after being installed.

NEW ORLEANS — Peak hurricane season is just weeks away along the Gulf Coast, and the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board is scrambling to fix key flood protection equipment.

According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the West Shore project will not provide a level of hurricane risk reduction until the system is 100 percent complete.

New Orleans construction company provides tips on how to fortify homes ahead of hurricanes Meteorologist Derek Sibley shows how you can get your home ready before a hurricane hits ...

Corrosion in parts of New Orleans' hurricane protection system will force the Army Corps of Engineers to install temporary pumps at a key location ahead of the June 1 start of hurricane season ...