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 ...

Experts say New Orleans is well-prepared for potential flooding. While it’s been a quiet hurricane season thus far, New ...

In a nutshell New Orleans’ $15 billion flood protection system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—nearly 10 times ...

This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead and ...

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.

State leaders say they remain prepared for this year’s hurricane season, but New Orleans officials fear federal cuts to ...

A new study identified hot spots of sinking levees that will need to be prioritized for maintenance to withstand future ...

The research comes nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

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

Scientists have made an unsettling discovery about parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion hurricane protection system: They’re sinking faster than sea levels are rising. Using radar measurements ...

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 ...