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 ...

NEW YORK, NY – As climate change drives more intense and frequent rainfall, Zohran Kwame Mamdani has announced a $108 million plan to replace more than 6,700 catch basins over the next decade, ...

The city's Public Works department is beginning an effort to clean and repair about 15,000 catch basins, about one-quarter of the citywide total. City officials announced the plan last week, as well ...

NEW ORLEANS — Contractors inspected 26,000 catch basins in New Orleans, cleaned more than 15,400 and repaired another 3,400 from 2017-2018, according to a new report from the city's Inspector General.

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 ...

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 ...

Flooded streets don't always mean drainage systems aren't working. DOTD explains why some Lafayette roads take longer to ...