When the levees were breached in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, the Ninth Ward was inundated. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

Most people are shocked at just how extensive the Katrina flooding of New Orleans was. Below, zoom in on your part of the U.S. to see how much of your area would have flooded if it had a similar ...

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi (CNN) -- A federal judge Tuesday rejected a couple's insurance claim for Hurricane Katrina-related flood damage in a case sure to resonate with homeowners ravaged last year ...

A new book identifies former Mayor Ray Nagin as one of those men. “Katrina: After the Flood” is as harrowing as it is riveting in recounting the tale of a city too broken to fight off its ...

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 ...

The National Hurricane Center released their report on Hurricane Helene nearly six months after it devastated the Florida ...

Following the Katrina reforms, two agencies have been charged with overseeing flood protections in the New Orleans area, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and -West.

The “Help Wanted” sign is out at the Southeast Louisiana Flood Authority East, after the resignations of four board members.

The agency, officially known as the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, oversees a complex system of levees and pumps rebuilt in the wake of Katrina on the New Orleans area's east ...

THE CITY IS SITTING ON HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN UNSPENT FEDERAL KATRINA RECOVERY FUNDS. IT’S MONEY THAT WAS MEANT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS, LIKE REPAVING ROADS, IMPROVING FLOOD ...