Today, green infrastructure projects on Ms. Chalk’s block can capture 8,800 gallons of rain per storm, and Water Wise has ...

As the anniversary of the harrowing event approaches, New Orleans natives still grapple with its effects on their mental ...

The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina feels particularly heavy as it forces us to confront the culmination of memory, ...

A popular and low-maintenance plant, the Peggy Martin rose, became a symbol of resilience after Hurricane Katrina. See why.

1. Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins an hour and a half earlier. Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees ...

We're less than 50 days out from the official start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and first responders and ...

A fourth board member at the New Orleans area levee authority resigned on Thursday, escalating the fallout over controversial changes to the agency being sought by Gov. Jeff Landry's administration.

Coastal advocates and agencies are keeping a close eye on the Mississippi River because major flooding can kill or damage ...

Cheryl Austin stands next to photos of previous flooding events in New ... Williams said Hurricane Katrina was a big turning point in the way New Orleans approaches drainage and flood solutions.

There was an eerie silence in New Orleans in the months after Katrina. Some of the sounds never came back in the same way.

And that was the reason why I chose to come to New Orleans East. And I wouldn’t move, and I wouldn’t relocate,” she said. Ricard lived in the area before Hurricane Katrina devastated the ...