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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 ...
A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for parts of New Orleans and other areas of southern ... It also shared a radar map of the area under the warning. A flash flood is "a sudden violent flood ...
Most people are shocked at just how extensive the Katrina inundation of New Orleans ... To see the flood extent in your area, click on the "Go Anywhere" link above the map, then click and drag ...
Most of New Orleans is ... by scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Titled, "Subsidence and Flooding in New Orleans," the authors conclude ...
After over 20 inches of rain fell over three days and over 60,000 homes were damaged in southeastern Louisiana, New Orleans coach Mark Slessinger ... whose house was ravaged by over four feet of flood ...
A tropical disturbance near the coast of Louisiana is bringing heavy rainfall and the risk of flooding to New Orleans and other ... a web-based app that has a map that shows flood conditions ...
Link, a University of Maryland research engineer, stands by the maps ... deeply involved in studying New Orleans' levee system, disagrees. "The risks of flooding have been dramatically ...
When Andy Horowitz heard that New Orleans' flood maps were changing, he pulled them up online. Horowitz is an assistant professor at Tulane University and researches the history of disaster in New ...