It was the storm long feared in a city situated on the vulnerable Gulf Coast, with many areas built below sea level. Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with ...

cannot tame that lawless stream ... finishes connecting New Orleans to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, a 1,300-mile canal stretching from Texas to Florida. During Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ...

A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston ... students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

I fully believed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; after all, its reliance on lessons learned from Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and old-fashioned American can-doism meant New Orleans was securely ...

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“Be patient.” Lapeyre rejected the accusations, saying levee board members since Katrina have helped make New Orleans the “best protected coastal city on the Gulf or East Coasts.” Email ...

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane season is approaching with major challenges at the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. The authority is responsible for a complex system of levees ...

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Jeff Landry, who critics say risks weakening reforms put in place following Hurricane Katrina ... Shane Guidry of Harvey Gulf Marine in his downtown New Orleans office on Thursday, August 1 ...