Fifth Louisiana Levee District President Reynold Minsky said he already has triggered the flood fight as Mississippi River rises.

levees, pump houses and flood walls to protect the ragged-boot heel of Louisiana. I fully believed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; after all, its reliance on lessons learned from Hurricane ...

County officials said they didn’t act on repairing the levee because of funding shortfalls and a more existential dilemma — no ... the flooding risk on official flood insurance rates maps.

1. Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins an hour and a half earlier. Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees ...

From New Orleans to Morgan City, Louisiana is stepping up levee patrols and flood control efforts as the Mississippi River continues to rise.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin daily levee patrols from Baton Rouge to Venice as the Mississippi River is ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The “Help Wanted” sign is out at the Southeast Louisiana Flood ... the structure of the Flood Authority, but one levee reformer says there’s no need to worry.

There were no immediate reports of deaths or ... rains over New Orleans and surrounding areas, raising flooding fears. Power outages in Louisiana topped 261,000 hours after landfall, spread ...