NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Much of southern, swampy Louisiana is below sea level and levees are designed to protect residents from flooding when big storms hit. However, there are differences in who builds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mighty Mississippi River is on the rise in Louisiana, where it's projected to reach flood stage for the first time since 2019.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been 20 years since New Orleans’ faulty levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina, causing a flood that claimed almost 1 ...

Windell Curole spent decades working to protect his community in southern Louisiana from the destructive flooding caused by hurricanes. His local office in South Lafourche partnered with the federal ...

LAPLACE, La. (AP) -- At the urging of residents who have long felt forgotten in the shadow of more densely populated New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers says it will look into whether the city's ...

It is troubling that budget cuts could force the curtailing of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers levee inspections, especially in New Orleans. Last week, the Corps announced that reduced funding meant it ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has begun asserting control over a key New Orleans area levee authority by naming a new leader and the state attorney general has opened an investigation into the body for unclear ...

WASHINGTON — In the hectic, confused hours after Hurricane Katrina lashed the Gulf Coast, Louisiana's governor hesitantly but mistakenly assured the Bush administration that New Orleans' protective ...

The Mississippi River is expected to reach flood stage in Louisiana for the first time since 2019, prompting flood-fight measures. The rising river levels, caused by heavy rains in the Ohio Valley, ...

The mighty Mississippi River is on the rise in Louisiana, where it's projected to reach flood stage for the first time since 2019. "We've already triggered the flood fight," 5th Louisiana Levee ...