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Faulty plumbing work dating to the construction of the decade-old Orleans Parish jail caused recent – and ongoing – pipe ...

Federal agents detained at least 15 immigrant workers at the construction site of a major New Orleans flood control project ...

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a $15 billion levee and surge protection system ...

Yonder examined how increasingly frequent and intense weather disasters impact pregnant people, mothers, and young families ...

These escapes were more than an act, they were a symptom. They signal the breaking point in a system long frayed by injustice ...

The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane ...

The New Orleans Levee Protection System was designed to protect the city from massive flooding. The levee system was born out ...

With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide in 2023. The agency began encouraging cities, towns and counties ...

Authorities have increased the reward to $50,000 per person for any information that leads to the arrest of the remaining ...

NEW ORLEANS — Heavy rain and scattered storms are expected Thursday morning through early afternoon in New Orleans and nearby areas. Some storms could be strong. A Flash Flood Warning was issued ...

Flooding in the jail has been exacerbated by inmates’ “misuse the plumbing system” such as flushing “inappropriate items” ...