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Overnight storms dropped 10 to 15 inches of rain on parts of the North Shore in about six hours Thursday night. That’s heavy enough to be considered...
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Mayors up and down the Mississippi River are bracing for the possible need to respond to two disasters at once — the coronavirus outbreak and the spring...
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After dodging the bullet with the short-lived Hurricane Barry, we analyze the difference between freshwater flooding and salt water flooding and how…
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Updated: 2019-07-10 5:33 p.m. Louisiana School Closures LSU will be closed Friday, as the state braces for the landfall of a developing storm system in...
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The commercial fishing industry on the Gulf Coast has seen two major disasters in the last 15 years: Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Now, some...
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Towns along the Upper Mississippi River are dealing with some of the worst flooding they’ve ever seen. Busted levees. Flooded downtowns. What does that...
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The Army Corps of Engineers expects to open the Bonnet Carre Spillway Friday afternoon. Located upriver from New Orleans, the Bonnet Carre Spillway acts...
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Scores of coastal research labs around the country are helping communities plan for sea level rise. But now many are starting to flood themselves.
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It’s been almost exactly one year since record-breaking rains flooded much of the city, and the city’s pumping and drainage system couldn’t keep up....
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The best guesstimates of science show Hurricane Harvey headed toward Texas, but just in case…“I have signed a statewide emergency declaration in…