In the 1970s, several houses in Metairie exploded when subsidence cracked gas lines, ... subsidence has placed most of New Orleans below sea level, and at increased risk from the next storm.

Things started to turn in 1895 when 5% of New Orleans was below sea level. By 1935, nearly 30% of the city was below sea level and, today, more than half the city now sits lower than the ocean.

This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead and ...

Parts of New Orleans, including some of its flood protections, are sinking faster than the sea level is rising beyond it, ...

Below sea level. It’s a universally known topographical factoid about the otherwise flat city of New Orleans, and one that got invoked ad nauseam during worldwide media coverage of Hurricane ...

That continual sinkage, combined with rising global sea levels due to the climate crisis, meant New Orleans would probably be between 2½ and 4 meters (8.2 to 13.12 feet) below sea level by 2100.

New research shows parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion levee system are sinking up to 28 mm a year. That's over seven times ...

New Orleans' famous 'Skeleton House' is taking a Taylor Swift-themed trip through the 'scERAS TOUR' this Halloween. Emily Topping Each fall, owners of the beloved “Skeleton House” transform their ...

It soon became the most common type of house in the lowest-lying areas of a city entirely below sea level. ... “I’ve always loved the shotgun houses,” he says. “New Orleans is made of ...

.Former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason thanked New Orleans for showing him resilience in the wake of tragedy after Hurricane Katrina in his love letter to the city.Uproxx.com reports ...

Some areas lie 15 feet below sea level. Though wetlands have shielded New Orleans from storm surges in the past, that buffer has gradually been destroyed by human activity . Much of the city's ...

In a city sitting below sea level, New Orleans residents are well-aware that we’re sinking. But in New Orleans East, some areas are sinking far faster than others, forcing its residents to deal ...