Look around your house. What would you take if you knew an unstoppable force of water would fill it up to the ceiling in only a matter of hours? Where would you go? How long could you survive on the amount of cash in your wallet or the gas in your car?

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 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 hit hard by Hurricane Katrina have reached a more than $20 million settlement.

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

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.

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

The Michigan Humane Society is gathering its best trained and experienced team members to send them to New Orleans and help with a response to Hurricane Ida.

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

Tropical Storm Ida was downgraded from a hurricane overnight Sunday and was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever make landfall in the mainland U.S.

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.

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

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.

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.

– 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.

DETROIT Were only getting warmer through the weekend. At least we can keep the humidity at bay until the end of the weekend. But total rainfall for the four days (five, counting Sunday) will stay under a half-inch in most placesBusier tropicsNational hurricane forecasters upped their prediction for this years hurricane season by six named storms. Theyre now expecting 19-25 named storms. So far, weve had nine named storms, and its the earliest weve ever hit that mark.

The state board that oversees Louisianas Superdome approved a contract Thursday for the first phase of a $450 million renovation of the 44-year-old New Orleans landmark that became a symbol of the citys rebirth following Hurricane Katrina. The unanimous vote by the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District was to approve a $53 million contract for initial work on the stadium upgrade. The Saints are to put up $150 million and the district is to pay $210 million. The dome has been the home of the New Orleans Saints since opening in 1975. John Bel Edwards' efforts for a new state contract with the Saints aimed at keeping the team in New Orleans through 2015.

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.

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