Parts of Greater New Orleans are sinking by millimeters per year, increasing their vulnerability to floods and storm surges. Though most of the city is stable, areas near the Louis Armstrong New ...

"The colonial city was at one point enclosed by fortifications — during the Spanish colonial period,” Wiese said.

The company that provides electricity to the New Orleans area says the first lights in the region have been turned back on, about three days after Hurricane Ida made landfall and caused significant ...

Twenty years ago last week, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, La., about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans. Thousands of people had evacuated in advance of the monster storm. But ...

WASHINGTON Everyone has known New Orleans is a sinking city. Now new research suggests parts of the city are sinking even faster than many scientists imagined more than an inch a year. That may ...