But like the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the canal also serves as a highway to New Orleans for hurricanes and their storm surges. Hurricane Betsy sideswipes New Orleans, killing several dozen and ...

Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with enormous force. The city had faced deadly storms previously, including Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which caused extensive flooding and killed dozens of ...

Tropical Storm Rafael is on track to hit the southern tip of Louisiana by Saturday as it continues to gather strength en ...

The home at 2897 Abundance St. crumbled under the mechanical arm of an excavator with surprising ease, the red-brick, one ...

The program started in the wake of Hurricane Betsy in 1965. Hecht said that the ... a disaster management professor at Tulane ...

There is a legendary story concerning Hurricane Betsy, which blasted into Louisiana and New Orleans in 1965. Sen. Russell Long, son of the Kingfish, implored President Lyndon Johnson to come to ...

New Orleans The location of New Orleans at the ... and several hurricanes that hit the city, particularly Hurricane Betsy in 1965. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina dealt the city a nearly fatal ...

Gov. Jeff Landry's moves are likely to raise fresh concerns over the erosion of reforms after Hurricane Katrina. His ...

but far less than the surge during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which reached nearly 30 feet in some places and overpowered the New Orleans area’s hobbled levee system. That system has been ...

Despite Hurricane Francine being a relatively mild hurricane, power outages across New Orleans inconvenienced thousands of customers. For some, it took days to get electricity back. The delays by ...

Hurricane Milton is moving toward the Sarasota ... The Buccaneers are safe in New Orleans. They practiced at Tulane University on Wednesday and held meetings before joining their families and ...

reopened for debris burning after Hurricane Betsy from 1966 to 1967. In the 1970s and 80s, the City of New Orleans helped create and market a housing development built on top of the former ...