In a nutshell New Orleans’ $15 billion flood protection system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—nearly 10 times ...

New research reveals that sections of New Orleans' $15 billion flood control system are subsiding faster than sea levels are ...

This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead and ...

Only 34 years old at the time, and in office for less than nine months, in 2005, Jindal represented Louisiana's 1st ...

It was just 30 days after Hurricane Katrina marauded across New Orleans when artist Jeffrey Holmes and his then-wife Andrea ...

Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, and while most of the city remains stable, a new ...

Since 1980, Black New Orleans has been the city’s majority; and in pre-Katrina, Black New Orleans made up 67 percent of the city’s population. It has since fallen to 59 percent.

As New Orleans officials brace for yet another potent hurricane season, stockpiling supplies and holding briefings with federal and state partners, the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is ...

New Orleans shines as the focus of Essence Magazine's May, June issue marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. The covers of the magazine serve as a heartfelt love letter to the Crescent City ...

Developers are tearing down the Six Flags amusement complex in New Orleans two decades after it was decimated during Hurricane Katrina. Many remember the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that ...

New Orleans is no different and Hurricane Katrina sped up the process. In a city of majority renters prior to the storm, those hoping to return home say they found themselves shut out or facing ...