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The Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts are the latest factor. But funding concerns date back to Biden’s term, when ...
New Orleans' first EF3 tornado hit New Orleans East in February 2017. It was a large wedge tornado on the ground for 10 miles, injuring 33 people and destroying more than 600 homes.
As New Orleans prepared for Hurricane Francine's Louisiana landfall last week, ... How climate change is transforming New Orleans' hurricane plans. Story by Chelsea Brasted • 1w.
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, highlights New Orleans as one of the most vulnerable cities in the U.S. due to climate change. A new study from Policygenius confirms that ...
Regarding Steven Koonin’s op-ed “Will Climate Change Really Put New York Underwater?” (Jan. 5): Not long ago I took a tour of New Orleans, led by a young person with a modest science ...
Tuesday’s historic snowstorm reportedly dumped up to 11.5 inches of snow across the Greater New Orleans area, likely shattering snowfall records. Climatologist Barry Keim said this week’s ...
The city of New Orleans is set to receive almost $50 million in federal funding to counteract pollution and climate change. The money comes from an Environmental Protection Agency program funded by ...
Quoting Ben Strauss, the chief executive of Climate Central, Mr. Tornqvist said another thing I’ll never forget: “People find it very hard to accept that a city like New Orleans at some point ...
When Prospect.1 opened [in 2008], it was still thought of as something specific to New Orleans and places like New Orleans, whereas now, as a globe, we are grappling with climate change and the ...
Emmanuel Macron’s first stop in New Orleans was Jackson Square, where he was met with hundreds of spectators lined up behind barricades to see him and live music playing through the nearby streets.
Edward Buckles, Jr. was 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and completely upended his life. Buckles and his family moved from New Orleans to Lafayette, Louisiana for several months while ...
Joseph Kanter, Louisiana’s top medical official, had some cold comfort for New Orleans residents worried about saltwater snaking up the Mississippi River that threatens the city’s drinking water.