Some areas lie 15 feet below sea level. Though wetlands have shielded New Orleans from storm surges ... are already rising fast enough to damage homes and roads. A 2018 report from the Union ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that New Orleans faces near-certain devastation from future ...

It was the storm long feared in a city situated on the vulnerable Gulf Coast, with many areas built below sea level. Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with ...