Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands since the 1930s. A Baton Rouge Magnet High student is studying the ...

ST. JAMES PARISH, La. (WVUE) - The skies over the River Parishes will glow Tuesday night (Dec. 24) as dozens of towering bonfires light up the levees along the Mississippi River, continuing a ...

By 1752, landowners have added another 10 miles of levees beyond their 1732 extent. With the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson acquires New Orleans and an additional 828,000 square ...

According to planners, the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) would rebuild as much as 21 square miles of new land in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Police Department ... Washington exited the roadway and traveled to the top of the levee, which caused his car to be airborne. The Accord reached ...

1. Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins an hour and a half earlier. Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees ...