Hurricane Francine suddenly dropped an incredible amount of rain on New Orleans. Water rose fast in some spots. Gravity works ...

The sill, or underwater levee, is being built for a third year in a row to head off the potential for New Orleans area ...

The council announced it has the money in hand hours after Mayor LaToya Cantrell questioned where it would come from.

The first part of construction will build the sill to an elevation of -55 feet, and the Corps will monitor the progression of the saltwater wedge to determine if additional height is needed to meet ...

The gates, which are large adjustable barriers that are needed where ... The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans announced earlier this week that 90 of its 99 drainage pumps were operational.

Crews have starting work to create barrier to try and slow down salt water from the Gulf that has been surging up river in ...

During segregation, Lincoln Beach was the only place on Lake Pontchartrain where Black people were allowed to swim. Now, ...

Francine struck Louisiana near Morgan City late Wednesday, leaving hundreds of thousands across the state without power and flooding homes in the River Parishes and metro New Orleans area.

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Francine rapidly strengthened before making landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people, flooding a cemetery and dumping ...