Down the Drain is a WWL-TV investigative project that explores what went wrong and where the blame lies for New Orleans' drainage crisis. Down the Drain was reported and produced by WWL-TV's ...
OF NICHOSLA HERE IN NEW ORLEANS MANY OF YOU SAY YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIN FROM THIS TROPICAL STORM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF DEBRIS LEFT FROM IDA. SOME OF IT IS BLOCKING STORM. DRAINS ...
WEBVTT FLOOD VICTIMSARE STILL CLEANING UP.REPORTER: YES, WE ARE AT CIRCLEFOOD STORE IN TREMAINE.YOU CAN SEE THE WATER THAT ISSTILL OUT HERE RIGHT NEW.THERE IS SO MUCH TO CLEAN UP.YOU CAN SEE THE WATER ...
The latest round of New Orleans street flooding Saturday night resulted from a familiar combination of overwhelming rainfall and failure of the Sewerage & Water Board’s archaic system of supplying ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After years of discussion and planning, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) will formally take over catch basin maintenance and related drainage work starting ...
NEW ORLEANS — As hurricane season descends upon New Orleans, a familiar anxiety resurfaces for residents: the reliability of the city's drainage systems. While community spirit often sees neighbors ...
A massive push to clean New Orleans’ catch basins in the wake of last summer’s floods was spread widely through much of the city's east bank, though not always in the worst-inundated areas, and with a ...
Curious if your catch basin has been cleaned? There’s a map for that. On Tuesday (Jan. 15), New Orleans officials announced the city has a new map on its website that tracks inspected catch basins and ...