Flood insurance is a tenet of life in water-burdened Louisiana. The low-lying portions of the state face rising water from ...

As he watches Super Bowl LIX this Sunday in New Orleans, President Trump might wish to raise a troubling topic with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry.

Mitigation — raising homes, improving drainage or constructing levees — can break the ... of real estate value” for New Orleans and other flood prone areas of Louisiana.

The changes at the flood authority raise questions ... the chief of police for the University of New Orleans from 2022 until he took the job at the levee authority in 2024. From 2007 to 2022 ...

Board members overseeing the New Orleans area levee authority ... We have $15 billion worth of flood protection structures and levees across this city. That is a pretty complex operation to ...

A 2019 infrastructure report card gave the state’s levees a "D," citing that despite significant investments, much more work ...

Understanding Louisiana's Susceptibility to Flooding Louisiana is a state that has always been closely tied to water. Its ...

California's levees are a crucial part of its infrastructure, but many of them are in poor condition and not well-maintained, leaving them vulnerable to failure in the event of heavy rainfall or ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...