Hurricanes are nature’s most destructive forces, leaving devastation in their wake. Today, we’re counting down the top 5 ...

Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with ... which lessened the protection provided by the city's levees, made New Orleans more vulnerable in 2005.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is pursuing a plan to replace the 100-year-old lock that connects the Mississippi River to ...

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at ... The MR-GO's levees, which make up the easternmost length of the ring of hurricane-protection levees surrounding St. Bernard Parish and the Lower Ninth ...

Passenger rail’s return, big changes on the sports scene and a significant storm anniversary will be among the biggest South Mississippi stories of 2025.

When the levees were breached in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, the Ninth Ward was inundated. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

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 ...

Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent levee failures forced us to rebuild from the ground up. Five years later, the BP oil spill created new concerns about an economic structure that was not working.