(Kent Porter / Press Democrat) A block and a half separate Henry Irvin’s house from the bayou that serves as the northern border of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Modest single-family ...

When powerful storms hit your city, which neighborhoods are most likely to flood? In many cities, they’re typically ...

Tulane students prefabricated the home at Tulane’s Albert and Tina Small Center, before transporting and constructing the ...

A flawed shipping project involving excavations at the Industrial Canal allowed Hurricane Katrina's surge to breach the floodwall in two places, causing massive flooding in the Lower 9th Ward and ...

The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) released its 2024 Annual Report, showcasing a year of transformative work ...

JASMINE FRANKLIN, WHO IS LIVE IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD. AND JASMINE, YOU SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAD WATER INSIDE THEIR HOMES. JOANNA. SEVERAL PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH HERE SAID WATER MADE IT ...

As daily afternoon storm clouds roll in, Johnson begins hiking up to a platform on the levee that protects the Lower 9th Ward, trailed by nine interns hoping to learn how they can help address the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Power has been restored to the nearly 800 customers who were without power in the Lower 9th Ward, according to the Entergy outage map. Customers in the area lost power around 10 p ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Lower Ninth Ward boil water advisory was canceled Saturday morning after it had been issued a day earlier. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans said the water pressure ...

Former Superintendent Avis Williams (center) and members of New Orleans' school board after voting to directly run a school on Feb. 26, 2024. New Orleans’ interim superintendent of schools will ...