Noting that hurricane season was fast approaching, board members bucked the board president and installed an engineer as the ...

The Unforgiving Power of Nature Hurricanes have long been a stark reminder of nature's immense power. These swirling tempests ...

It struck the bustling city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, forever changing its landscape and history. With winds ...

The U.S. has spent billions rebuilding New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Some of the interventions have, at ...

Twenty years ago, after a levee break caused devastation during Hurricane Katrina, the rebuilding in New Orleans would never have been possible without the influx of Hispanic workers. Today ...

This upward trend in flood risk is posing significant threats to critical structure such as dams and levees. However, as Islam et al suggest in recent research published by Discover Applied Sciences, ...

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with a 28-foot (8.5 meter) storm surge and 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rainfall. The water easily breached the city's old levee system in about ...

When we talk about levee waters rushing toward Robert Green’s house ... the former MR GO canal and through grave Industrial Canal breaches. By the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 ...

It was 20 years ago, in August 2005, that the great Crescent City of New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina ... 2006 HBO documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts ...

Many remember the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that devoured the city of ... In addition, torrential rains overwhelmed the city's extensive levee system, triggering extensive flooding.