The Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts are the latest factor. But funding concerns date back to Biden’s term, when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the U.S. over the past few decades, according to the ...

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.

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 ...

Year after year, New Orleanians and the state and federal government know that hurricane season is going to come and be potentially catastrophic because of climate change, Buckles said. And still, he ...

Actor Brad Pitt with Lower 9th Ward climate leader Pam Dashiell during a news conference in New Orleans on Aug. 31, 2006. The late Dashiell co-founded CSED with Allen in the aftermath of Hurricane ...

New Orleans’ supply of drinking water has been thrown into crisis due to the threat of saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico on the rapidly-shrinking Mississippi River. On Friday ...

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 ...