closes out the speaks for the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System completion event at the IHNC-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier in New Orleans, Friday, May 27, 2022. The levee authority now ...

Early in the morning surge waters cresting over the levee system in the northern ... The catastrophic failure of the levee walls seals New Orleans' fate. Designed to protect the city from a ...

the New Orleans civic and business leader who as ... Lapeyre's role was a critical one following the federal levee failures that exposed deep flaws in south Louisiana's hurricane protection ...

Jay Lapeyre, Jr., the New Orleans civic and business leader who as nominating committee chairperson single-handedly reshaped the region's two biggest levee authority boards following post ...

Experts say that if storm surges hit at a time that coincides with high tides, sea water could flood over the New Orleans levee system and into the city. Governor Bel Edwards has declared a state ...

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with a 28-foot (8.5 meter) storm surge and 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rainfall. The water easily breached the city's old levee system in about 50 ...

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with a 28-foot (8.5 meter) storm surge and 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rainfall. The water easily breached the city's old levee system in about ...