The wave of resignations risks leaving the flood control agency paralyzed, with hurricane season's start just weeks away.

A fourth board member at the New Orleans area levee authority resigned on Thursday, escalating the fallout over controversial ...

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday. The river rose above 11 ...

NEW ORLEANS – A Flash Flood Emergency was ... Emergency officials are also closely monitoring a potential levee break near a subdivision on Highway 16 in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

The ever-growing storm surge, which at this time of the early morning is about nine feet above sea level, breaks ... between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.) The MR-GO's levees, which make ...

By 1726, the levee remains incomplete, though a section fully 18 feet tall stands before the Place d'Armes (now Jackson Square) in the heart of the nascent town. After New Orleans floods in 1731 ...

The New Orleans District of the Army Corps will coordinate with local levee authorities to conduct twice-weekly patrols along the river levees to monitor the water level until it drops below 11 feet.

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday, Feb. 24. The river ...

(Photo Credit: Elise Plunk/ Louisiana Illuminator) High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New ...

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