New Orleans is under a flood advisory until 3:30 p.m. Monday as bursts of heavy rain are likely to pour across the city this ...

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

A Flood Advisory is in place for portions of the Southshore Monday. A Flood Advisory has been issued for New Orleans, ...

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

New research shows parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion levee system are sinking up to 28 mm a year. That's over seven times ...

Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West (SLFPA-W) Board President Scott M. Burke has been reappointed for a ...

Tensions at the New Orleans flood protection board erupted into shouting, accusations of corruption, and a near physical fight between board members. Hurricane season started June 1.

Heavy storms left New Orleans with widespread flooding damage and prompted a crisis within the city’s drainage system.

New Orleans has long had a problem with rainfall flooding, since much of the city sits just above sea level, and a good part of it sits below.

On Friday, New Orleans received new flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Overnight, more than half the population moved out of the so-called high-risk zone.. But with half the ...

The city of New Orleans will soon see stormwater detection sensors that will alert people of flooding conditions.If there's one thing that can get people in New Orleans talking, it's the flooding ...

Ten years ago, the levees and flood walls meant to protect New Orleans failed against the force of Hurricane Katrina. Since the catastrophe, roughly $14 billion have been spent to upgrade the city ...