Down the Drain is a WWL-TV investigative project that explores what went wrong and where the blame lies for New Orleans' drainage crisis. Down the Drain was reported and produced by WWL-TV's ...

NEW ORLEANS -- There was excitement in the 5800 block of Louis XIV when the city of New Orleans replaced broken and long neglected catch basins in front of their homes. Lakeview neighbor Carol Lewis ...

Grass-clogged catch basins and lack of public oversight were among drainage-related concerns voiced by New Orleans residents Thursday night (Aug. 17), during a town hall meeting in response to the ...

WEBVTT BRYAN ADLIBS...TOSS TO LEN WE'RE FACING SEVERAL MORE DAYS OF RAINY WEATHER. IT IS HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE DROUGHT WE'VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. KMBC 9'S MICHEAL MAHONEY HAS MORE ...

WEBVTT FLOOD VICTIMSARE STILL CLEANING UP.REPORTER: YES, WE ARE AT CIRCLEFOOD STORE IN TREMAINE.YOU CAN SEE THE WATER THAT ISSTILL OUT HERE RIGHT NEW.THERE IS SO MUCH TO CLEAN UP.YOU CAN SEE THE WATER ...

OF NICHOSLA HERE IN NEW ORLEANS MANY OF YOU SAY YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIN FROM THIS TROPICAL STORM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF DEBRIS LEFT FROM IDA. SOME OF IT IS BLOCKING STORM. DRAINS ...

A massive push to clean New Orleans’ catch basins in the wake of last summer’s floods was spread widely through much of the city's east bank, though not always in the worst-inundated areas, and with a ...

The paper has continued to report that responsibility for catch basin maintenance was transferred from the Sewerage & Water Board to the City of New Orleans in 1991. The newspaper has made this ...