In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the New York and New ...

Hurricane Katrina was a chapter in the history of man's struggle both to control nature and to accept what he cannot control.

Following months of resignations and heated debates, the New Orleans area flood protection agency met in a notably calm ...

There’s a Flood Advisory in effect for Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes until 3 p.m., and another for St. Charles parish ...

The law enforcement arm of the authority is the Orleans Levee District Police Force that operates as escorts for the field ...

For the first time in years, New Orleans’ levees will skip annual safety inspections. Federal budget cuts are halting the ...

Areas near the airport, along floodwalls, and in nearby wetlands are subsiding because of a combination of natural and ...

A Flood Advisory is in effect until 6:15 for parts of Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes where street ...

The New Hope little league fields in Elkview, home to the Elk District Little League baseball and softball teams were ruined by flash flooding Wednesday night only weeks before the fall season ...

Roy Carubba, the head of New Orleans’ flood authority board, has been removed by Gov. Jeff Landry and replaced by newly appointed board member Peter Vicari. WWNO/WRKF learned of Carubba's dismissal on ...

Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.), the newly elected chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus in the House, is gearing up for the next big fight in Congress: How to fund the government before the Sept. 30… ...

An inmate was mistakenly released last week from the same New Orleans jail that was the scene of a brazen breakout in May, officials said.