The Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts are the latest factor. But funding concerns date back to Biden’s term, when ...

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

The New Orleans Levee Protection System was designed to protect the city from massive flooding. The levee system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed ...

New research shows New Orleans’ $15 billion flood control system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—outpacing sea-level rise and threatening future storm protection.

Ricky Boyett, spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, said the urgent levee systems in the city were designed and built to withstand projected levels of land sinking ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina’s levee failures flooded New Orleans and cost more than 1,400 lives, the city’s storm protection system has been rebuilt from ...

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the federal government (along with state and local help) committed more than $14 billion to develop a levee and pumping system around New Orleans capable of ...