A new study identified hot spots of sinking levees that will need to be prioritized for maintenance to withstand future ...

The Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts are the latest factor. But funding concerns date back to Biden’s term, when ...

Parts of New Orleans, including some of its flood protections, are sinking faster than the sea level is rising beyond it, ...

This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead and ...

New research reveals that sections of New Orleans' $15 billion flood control system are subsiding faster than sea levels are ...

Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, and while most of the city remains stable, a new ...

A new study by Tulane University suggests some levees in New Orleans are sinking despite millions of dollars spent on infrastructure improvements since Hurricane Katrina.Using satellite radar data ...

In areas such as New Orleans East, Kenner, and the West Bank, the study found that some levees are sinking at a rate of about ...

Scientists have made an unsettling discovery about parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion hurricane protection system: They’re sinking faster than sea levels are rising. Using radar measurements ...

New Orleans, home to more than 360,000 people, and the surrounding areas are now sinking by up to two inches every year - with projections warning that much of the region could be underwater by 2050.

It's been nearly 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, killing more than 1,000 people and displacing about one million more. Now there's a troubling report on the vulnerability ...

Ricky Boyett, spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, said the urgent levee systems in the city were designed and built to withstand projected levels of land sinking ...