Few storms have shaped how the multi-billion-dollar facility handles storm preparedness as much as Hurricane Katrina. “I ...

Twenty years ago this August, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. More than 1,300 lives were lost. It destroyed homes, displaced families, and overwhelmed many of the institutions that ...

The Army Corps could not say when the MRGO agreement would be signed. The project would be fully funded by the federal government.

Hurricane Katrina exposed weaknesses in our nation's infrastructure, including a breakdown of telecommunications. Some of the ...

New Orleans has a busy weekend with Mid-Summer Mardi Gras, a Saints home game and Hurricane Katrina anniversary events. Here ...

Lowernine.org has launched a nationwide #50states Ambassador Program In observance of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane ...

Angela and Peter Becnel III got married in March 2025. The plan was to buy Peter’s grandfather’s multi-unit home in Mid-City and do some remodeling, since Peter owned a construction ...

On my first day back in New Orleans after Katrina, I returned to my childhood home. I sat in the front seat of the U-Haul with my back turned. I didn’t get out; I didn’t look at the house that day. I ...

Hurricane Katrina killed 1,392 people, including 520 direct deaths, 341 of which were in Louisiana, according to an update ...

I stopped what I was doing when Gov. Haley Barbour’s office called and told me to get on a Blackhawk helicopter and head ...

The Peggy Martin rose is more than a pretty bloom in Louisiana gardens. It's a reminder of the region's rebirth after ...

As the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches we take a look back at the resilience of the people in New ...