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Flood insurance rates across the country are about to change in a big way, and it starts on Oct. 1.Here in Louisiana that mostly means increases. Eighty…

It’s not even summer, but the storms are back with a vengeance.Starting Tuesday afternoon, South Louisiana is in store for a several-day stretch of…

With flood risk increasing and flood insurance rates likely following suit, it seems like there's got to be a better way to tackle the challenge.For…

Hey TriPod listeners! WWNO and WRKF want to introduce you to a new podcast of ours. It's called Life Raft. It's a show that explores questions about…

The state of Louisiana has joined two lawsuits as a defendant over the operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.One of the lawsuits was filed by a…

There is no evidence that operator error caused a power turbine to trip offline, or that the turbine’s temporary loss caused additional flooding during a…

One of the Sewerage and Water Board’s pump-powering turbines was not operational for about two hours as heavy rains swamped the city, Executive Director…

Tropical Storm Cristobal came and went through New Orleans without delivering much of the forecasted flooding. So here comes a thunderstorm to do the job…

Overnight storms dropped 10 to 15 inches of rain on parts of the North Shore in about six hours Thursday night.That’s heavy enough to be considered…

Have you ever read a story about climate change, and by the end of the article thought, ”Great, now what?” Or maybe, “What do I do with that information?…