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 ...

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

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

Saving New Orleans, a Sinking City Katrina's damage to New Orleans is not surprising to geologists. The city was built on loose soil that compacts over time, causing it to sink every year, and the ...

File photo - A street sign is seen in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, July 31, 2015. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman) Scientist already knew that New Orleans was sinking.

The sinking of New Orleans. Things started to turn in 1895 when 5% of New Orleans was below sea level. By 1935, nearly 30% of the city was below sea level and, today, ...

For 300 years, the sea has been closing in on New Orleans. As the coastal erosion continues, it is estimated the city will be off shore in 90 years. Even in good weather, New Orleans is sinking ...

A new study of New Orleans confirms previous, controversial research that the city is sinking as rapidly as 10 feet a century in some locations, including along one of its most critical levees.

In Village de L'Est , the ground has been sinking at a rate of up to 1.5 inches per year— more than five times the average subsidence rate across New Orleans, according to the NASA study.