The research comes nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from ...

Rivers are Earth’s arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from the mountains to the sea.

A new study identified hot spots of sinking levees that will need to be prioritized for maintenance to withstand future ...

Parts of New Orleans, including its international airport, are sinking nearly 2 inches per year, according to a new study. Wetlands and parts of the city's levee system are sinking, too.

Yet critical data about this freakish weather hitting America and the rest of the world is about to go offline, at the moment in history that we need it the most. Don’t let the government withhold ...

A retired Army lieutenant general who led the military response after Hurricane Katrina says searches can take a long time because human remains can be trapped under debris that must be removed piece ...

The loss of satellite data, along with other cuts to data, funding, and staffing, could ultimately put more lives at risk during hurricane season.

In 2008, three years after Hurricane Katrina, the Carter Work Project took place in recovering communities along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

A look at some of the worst floods in US history, from Hurricane Katrina to dam disasters The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly ...

August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, destroying lives, leveling homes and leaving thousands of survivors with the same story: We lost everything. One year later ...