By sending Mississippi river waters on a new course, engineers hope to build new land—and test ways to save a retreating coast water Link 10 votes
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Clouds of mosquitoes have been so thick in southwest Louisiana since Hurricane Laura that they’re killing cattle and horses natural disasters Article 315 words 5 votes
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Floodlines - An eight-part narrative podcast thoroughly reassessing Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, fifteen years later Article 133 words 4 votes
New Orleans has failed over the last decade to do urgently needed lead testing, and then buried a 2017 report that would have alerted the public to the lapse pollution.water Article 3962 words 11 votes
Welcome to “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana, where toxic air is about to get worse pollution.air Article 4393 words 5 votes
Tropical Storm Barry expected to landfall as hurricane; Mississippi River rising faster than expected natural disasters Article 583 words 7 votes
Parts of New Orleans are flooded. Worse is on the way: A brewing storm surge could elevate the Mississippi River to twenty feet above sea level—as high as the levees that protect the city. Article 458 words 10 votes
Louisiana’s disappearing coast - The state loses a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion. Article 9457 words 9 votes
A fourteen-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in US history pollution.water Article 2618 words 17 votes
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