How mind-boggling to think that so much Hurricane Katrina ... levees, pump houses and flood walls to protect the ragged-boot heel of Louisiana. I fully believed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

As we remember and reflect on 20 years since Hurricane ... roles before, during and after the deadly storm — which made ...

"There's no doubt about it," said one levee manager, quoted in the New Orleans Times-Picayune in 2002. "The biggest factor in hurricane ... celebration the year after Katrina.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN)-- A federal judge has thrown out a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the failure of levees in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

So far this month, four members resigned from a New Orleans-area levee board, most of them citing the reversal of reforms ...

Depending on the size and track of the hurricane, storm surge flooding can last for several hours. It then recedes after the ...

In a briefing the day before Katrina made landfall, Bush was told by National Hurricane ... of the levees and leave New Orleans flooded. In an interview September 1, three days after landfall ...