It has been 20 years since New Orleans’ faulty levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina, causing a flood that claimed almost 2,000 lives and inflicted more than $150 billion in economic damage.

As the Mississippi River crests, fears are rising that massive flooding could hit the Big Easy. But the city’s 20-foot floodwalls and the opening of a spillway should prevent another Katrina-level ...

At his Lakeview home, there's *** levee right there right there and uh if you want, I can open my back gate because you can kind of get *** real feel for how close we are. Alberto Zuniga lived through ...

Twenty years out from the New Orleans disaster, the city’s levee and flood wall system must be raised or the region could become ineligible for federal flood insurance. NEW ORLEANS — Two things are ...

After a recent study found New Orleans is at a ‘point of no return’ amid the climate crisis, some locals say they will ‘only leave if forced to’. But what would it take to stay?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Tuesday that it had secured funding for an annual inspection of the crucial levee and pump system that protects the New Orleans region from storm surge ...

This story, headlined "Levee inspections only scratch the surface," was originally published Nov. 25, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The ...

AND HE TELLS US HE DOES PLAN TO CLIMB AGAIN. A NEW STUDY BY TULANE SUGGESTS SOME LEVEES IN NEW ORLEANS ARE SINKING, DESPITE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SINCE HURRICANE ...

NEW ORLEANS — In New Orleans, the apocalyptic clock is ticking — again. Ravaged last year by one hurricane and slapped by the fringes of another, the city faces a 2006 storm season that begins in less ...