The Centre de la Louisiane sign, marking the geographic center of Louisiana, stands on Old River Road in Mansura, about 5 ...

These are two questions which are worrying New Orleans architects and engineers." By the 1930s, a metropolis that originally lay above sea level saw one-third of its land surface sink below that ...

Large-scale death and catastrophic destruction resulted, in part, from New Orleans having dropped below sea level. A LIDAR elevation model of New Orleans shows areas above sea level in red tones ...

By the 1930s, one-third of the city was below sea level, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. And by the time Katrina struck, that number was up to about 50%. Much of the area around New ...

It isn't the city's popularity that makes it dangerous, but the fact that a very large portion of the city is built below sea level. Essentially, over half the city of New Orleans is a bowl right ...

Though she shot her video on a day with calm weather, it raises concerns about safety. New Orleans resident raises concern ...

According to an emergency management expert, New Orleans is particularly vulnerable to flooding because parts of the city are 10 feet below sea level. How do you measure sea level? With satellites ...

Cities below future sea level may not necessarily be submerged because levees, dikes and pumping stations can protect some areas from rising seas; Amsterdam and New Orleans are modern examples of ...

New Orleans and San Francisco -- will be among the regions that could experience flooding in the near future due to land elevation changes combined with sea level rise -- about 4 millimeters per ...

By the 1930s, one-third of the city was below sea level, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. And by the time Katrina struck, that number was up to about 50%. Much of the area around New ...