Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board cited issues with two pumping stations and catch basin issues during extremely heavy rain ...

The utility said it's staffing typically unmanned stations, cleaning catch basins, and increasing water capacity ahead of the ...

S&WB says crews are preparing for Tropical Storm Bertha by staffing pump stations, lowering canal levels and clearing catch ...

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New Orleans City Council members on Wednesday threw Sewerage and Water Board leaders on the defensive, days after the council ...

As many as three inches of rain and 74 miles-per-hour winds were recorded at Midway Airport. Here's what to do if your ...

After heavy rain flooded roads across Jefferson Parish over the weekend, officials say the parish’s drainage system is ready for more rain this week, even though another round of storms is possible.

Streets flooded in neighborhoods across New Orleans Saturday after thunderstorms pounded the area and several pumping stations malfunctioned.  The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board confirmed that ...

Officials are lowering canals, staffing pumps and closing floodgates as a Gulf system threatens Louisiana and Mississippi ...

Bertha is a slow-moving storm drifting westward in the northern Gulf ...

Torrential downpours and consistent rainfall bore down on Queens over the weekend, flooding streets and blocking major ...