Sen. Mary Landrieu, left, and Sen. David Vitter working on amendment to delay new flood insurance law that will raise premiums for many in Louisiana. WASHINGTON -- The head of the federal flood ...

The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to reduce flooding in southwestern Louisiana with a $1.8 billion plan that would include voluntarily raising or buying homes in flood-prone areas, building ...

Climate Change Will Redraw Louisiana's Flood Risk Maps Published Aug 18, 2016 at 3:47 PM EDT Updated Aug 23, 2016 at 4:15 PM EDT A submerged vehicle is seen in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida's fury, passing their toughest test since an upgraded system was put in place after Hurricane Katrina.

After the 1983 flood, authorities thought up many storm water-control strategies, including the Comite diversion and building levees along the Amite near Denham Springs. Harrell doesn't expect the ...

NEW ORLEANS — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida's fury, passing their toughest test since the federal government spent billions of ...

Others, particularly organizations and individuals in heavily flood-prone areas that already have many levees, favor the construction of more levees. Legislation allowing homeowners to delay the ...

BUNCHE'S BEND, La. -- Water from the swollen Mississippi River poured over a century-old levee Thursday, flooding 12,000 acres of corn and soybeans despite ...

The effort to reform Louisiana levee boards was no small task. It required a big petition drive to convince the legislature to go along with the constitutional change.’ ...

The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida’s fury, but costly upgrades to the city's flood protection system couldn't spare some neighboring ...

There is a lot of water in southern Louisiana right now. The region’s been lashed with rain for the past week---the water has inundated freeways, surged past levees, and left about 40,000 homes ...