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

President Joe Biden blasted his predecessor for spreading an “onslaught of lies” about how the federal government is handling the damage from Hurricane Helene as another hurricane, Milton, was on the verge of making landfall in Florida.

Hurricane Francine suddenly dropped an incredible amount of rain on New Orleans.

Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to factories, farms and ranches.

Award-winning musician Branford Marsalis is taking on a new job in his hometown of New Orleans.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress gave too much power to a nonprofit authority it created in 2020 to develop and enforce horseracing rules.

Southwest Florida is getting some advice from the Florida Panhandle as it moves ahead after Hurricane Ian.

A few miles meant the difference between life and death on the Florida coast when Hurricane Ian struck.

Residents are being allowed to return to a coastal Florida island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian.

A woman who always rode her bike and didn't have a car was forced to wait out Ian. Now, she's living in a shelter among 500 other survivors.

A new documentary, “Katrina Babies,” looks at how a generation of New Orleans residents coming of age after Hurricane Katrina, are reconciling with the catastrophic storm that transformed their lives.

Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation and homeowners of the houses built by the program, in an area of New Orleans that was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina, reached a $20.5 million settlement Tuesday evening.

A new United Nations report says disasters are on the rise and are going to get worse.

Louisiana students were just getting back to class after a year and a half of COVID-19 disruptions when Hurricane Ida struck.

A Louisiana man who built a levee around his home after Hurricane Katrina thought he was winning the battle against Hurricane Ida.

The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida’s fury, but costly upgrades to the city's flood protection system couldn't spare some neighboring communities from the rising water.

Now that Hurricane Ida has passed through Louisiana, we are seeing the catastrophic damage she left behind in New Orleans.

Sure, Hurricane Ida looks an awful lot like Hurricane Katrina, bearing down on the same part of Louisiana on the same calendar date.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell encouraged her residents to stay inside, shelter in place and hunker down.

A Louisiana sheriff’s office has reported the first death from Hurricane Ida.

Sure, Hurricane Ida looks an awful lot like Hurricane Katrina, bearing down on the same part of Louisiana on the same calendar date.

New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after 2005's Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic flooding.

Residents across Louisiana’s coast rushed to prepare for the approach of an intensifying Hurricane Ida.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has ordered a mandatory evacuation for a small area of the city outside the levee system.

A special edition of the Bryan Norcross Podcast. Luke interviews Bryan about how Hurricane Andrew changed his life, the morning Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, covering Hurricane Sandy, naming winter storms, and more. This is Part 2 of an extensive conversation.

Still, any fragment of possibility is enough for some Trump supporters to reject reality, feel aggrieved and rebuff Biden's calls for unity. Several Trump supporters interviewed by The Associated Press in recent days were rankled by widespread celebrations of Biden's win in liberal cities. They saw hypocrisy in the public, outdoor gatherings after Democrats condemned Trump supporters for attending big rallies — some were held indoors — during the coronavirus pandemic. Piotrowski, like many Trump supporters, wants to see Trump’s legal challenges continue. Unlike many Trump supporters, Michelle Sassouni wasn't shocked by the outcome of the election or the aftermath.

MIAMI – Subtropical Storm Alpha formed Friday far east in the Atlantic. It is only the second time the Hurricane Center has had to use the Greek alphabet after running out of its traditional storm names. The only time they had done this before was in the deadly 2005 hurricane season, during which Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Alpha came just hours after Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in the eastern Atlantic, using the last of the traditional names for tropical systems. Slight strengthening was possible during the day but weakening should start over the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

– As rain and wind from Sally starting reaching the Gulf Coast, the manager of a Mississippi alligator ranch was just hoping he wouldn’t have to deal with a repeat of what happened during Hurricane Katrina. That’s when about 250 alligators escaped their enclosures as storm surge pushed water over the grounds. “I’m thinking a sigh of relief somewhat,” said manager Tim Parker, who took over Gulf Coast Gator Ranch & Tours after Katrina. As the hurricane moved east of Mississippi, the surge forecast was reduced to no more than 4 feet (1.2 meters). Parker’s farm has alligators up to 14 feet long, roaming and swimming through ponds, sand dunes and tall marsh grass.

A girl wades towards her flooded home the day after the passing of Tropical Storm Laura in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti on it's way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where forecaster fear it could become a major hurricane. Now forecasters are turning their attention the Gulf Coast, where up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) of sea water storm surge could inundate the coastline from High Island in Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana, the hurricane center said. Hurricane Rita then struck southwest Louisiana that Sept. 24 as a Category 3 storm. We might have dodged a bullet with Marco, and obviously some people along the Gulf Coast are not going to be as blessed as us.___Martin reported from Marietta, Georgia.

MIAMI, Fla. While many teachers are uneasy about going back to the classroom in the fall, mental health experts say children, especially those in elementary school, are struggling from the lack of having a classroom connection. What we learned from Hurricane Katrina was that when kids were removed from the formal classroom setting they did not perform as well in their studies and showed signs of anxiety related not just to the event but to the inability to connect with their peers. We also saw that older students were more distracted and suffered from depression as well, said Dr. Daniel Bober, D.O., a psychiatrist who treats pediatric as well as adult patients in Hollywood, Fla.Bober said the lack of interaction through activities like team sports can also have a negative impact on mental health.

Hospitals plan for catastrophic events, but there are always lessons to be learned. Planning is paramountEach hospital is required to have an emergency plan, usually approved by the hospital's accrediting body. One of the most difficult decisions facing a hospital's leadership team as it prepares to face a storm is the decision to evacuate some or all of the hospital's patients. Hospital staff prepare the hospital to weather a storm. In the aftermath of a disaster, hospitals may suffer power loss.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 12: A plaque marks the location where the flood wall on top of the levee failed in the Lower Ninth Ward during Hurricane Katrina on July 12, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The levees in the Lower Ninth Ward, which are some of the lowest in the area, will again be tested as Hurricane Barry moves into Louisiana. Barry is a slow moving storm which is expected to make landfall as a tropical storm or weak hurricane near Morgan City, Louisiana. Flash flood watches have been issued throughout much of Louisiana and as far east as the Florida panhandle as the storm is expected to dump more than a foot of rain in many areas and up to 25 inches in some isolated locations. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Hide Caption

BRYAN NORCROSS TALKS TROPICS: Tropical Storm Barry still disorganized, but headed toward LouisianaForecasters said slow-moving Barry could unload 10 to 20 inches of rain through Sunday across a swath of Louisiana that includes New Orleans and Baton Rouge, as well as southwestern Mississippi, with pockets in Louisiana getting 25 inches. Barry was expected to arrive as a weak hurricane, just barely over the 74 mph windspeed threshold. "Nobody should take this storm lightly just because its supposed to be a Category 1 when it makes landfall," Louisiana Gov. Tracking forecasts showed the storm continuing on toward Chicago, swelling the Mississippi River basin with water that must eventually flow south again. However, the city did not order any evacuations because Barry was so close and was not expected to become a major hurricane.

Tropical Storm Barry is now threatening to blow ashore as a hurricane, packing drenching rains "that could test the flood-control improvements made in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina 14 years ago," the Associated Press said Thursday. The tropical storm formed off the coast of Louisiana earlier in the day. This could be bad for the Mississippi River. The @nwslmrfc has lowered the forecast for the Mississippi River at New Orleans to 19ft. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for people living near the Mississippi River at Louisianas southeastern tip.

Sean Gardner/Getty Images(CNN) - New Orleans was built above sea level, but over time, it's been sinking. And from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to threats of flooding this week, a few facts on -- and in -- the ground explain why the Big Easy is uniquely vulnerable to massive flooding. Settlers who got the best land were able to build only about 10 feet above sea level. By the 1930s, one-third of the city was below sea level, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Scientists found that the ground in the area was sinking at a rate of 1 centimeter a year.

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2005: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in southeast Louisiana. Katrina would go on to devastate much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing more than $80 billion in damage. The most significant number of deaths occurred in New Orleans, which flooded after the city's levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. Hide Caption