NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell wants everyone who lives or works outside the city's levee protection system to evacuate. In a Friday news conference, Mayor Cantrell also called ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said on Tuesday that it had secured funding for an annual inspection of the crucial levee and pump system that protects the New Orleans region from storm surge ...

It’s Thursday, and time for our Week in Politics with the Times Picayune’s/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. Today, we discuss President Trump’s proposal to send the ...

Netflix's new documentary series, Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, reexamines Hurricane Katrina 20 years after the storm devastated New Orleans, shining new light on what went wrong with the city's ...

This story, headlined "Levee inspections only scratch the surface," was originally published Nov. 25, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The ...