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Pontchartrain Conservancy and NOLA Ready Host Third Annual Storm Aware and Prepare

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – On Saturday, May 27, Pontchartrain Conservancy and NOLA Ready are proud to host the third annual Storm Aware and...

Coalition Says Risk Rating 2.0 ‘Has Got to Change’

NEW ORLEANS – From the Coalition for Sustainable Flood Insurance: On Sept. 30, CSFI convened members from across the country to release a white paper...

Officials Seek Better Way to Shelter Citizens Displaced by Hurricanes

BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — Louisiana officials are working toward a more permanent system to shelter folks displaced by hurricanes, as about 10,000...

Habitat for Humanity to Invest $4.5M in Jean Lafitte

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity said it will help rebuild more than 40 to 60 homes in Lafitte, La.,...

The ‘Great Wall of Louisiana’ Is Complete

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees...

FEMA: Proposed Hurricane Ida Housing Site Comment Period

BATON ROUGE (AP) — A three-day comment period opens Tuesday for a proposed group housing site for Hurricane Ida survivors in one southeast Louisiana...
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‘Cajun Avengers’ Fight for Flood Insurance Changes

NEW ORLEANS — Greater New Orleans Inc., the regional economic development nonprofit organization, and more than 10 southeast Louisiana parish presidents are working together...

Small Cities Fear Missing Out on Federal Infrastructure Help

ST. LOUIS (AP) — When Hurricane Ida hit last summer, a storm surge overwhelmed a levee and gushed into Ted Falgout’s coastal Louisiana home,...

Officials Push for Greater Rate Transparency in the NFIP’s Risk Rating 2.0

NEW ORLEANS — From the Louisiana Department of Insurance: Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon participated in a meeting organized by GNO Inc. Monday morning to advocate...

Corps of Engineers Considers Nature-Based Flood Control

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a...

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