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Flood insurance rates across the country are about to change in a big way, and it starts on Oct. 1.Here in Louisiana that mostly means increases. Eighty…
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It’s not even summer, but the storms are back with a vengeance.Starting Tuesday afternoon, South Louisiana is in store for a several-day stretch of…
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With flood risk increasing and flood insurance rates likely following suit, it seems like there's got to be a better way to tackle the challenge.For…
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Hey TriPod listeners! WWNO and WRKF want to introduce you to a new podcast of ours. It's called Life Raft. It's a show that explores questions about…
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The state of Louisiana has joined two lawsuits as a defendant over the operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.One of the lawsuits was filed by a…
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There is no evidence that operator error caused a power turbine to trip offline, or that the turbine’s temporary loss caused additional flooding during a…
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One of the Sewerage and Water Board’s pump-powering turbines was not operational for about two hours as heavy rains swamped the city, Executive Director…
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Tropical Storm Cristobal came and went through New Orleans without delivering much of the forecasted flooding. So here comes a thunderstorm to do the job…
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Overnight storms dropped 10 to 15 inches of rain on parts of the North Shore in about six hours Thursday night.That’s heavy enough to be considered…
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Have you ever read a story about climate change, and by the end of the article thought, ”Great, now what?” Or maybe, “What do I do with that information?…