After the Aug. 5 flooding, the city of New Orleans kicked off a massive effort to clean long-neglected catch basins throughout the city. The program, which involved Department of Public Works crews, a ...

Broken pumps and power issues caused part of New Orleans to flood last August, but the city also said catch basins played a part. That spurred a huge clean up program, even pushing residents to adopt ...

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 ...

WEBVTT BUT THEYNEED THE OUTSIDE CLEAN AND ARELOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS WILLINGTO DO THE WORK.>> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUCOME OUT, SWEEP THE LEAVE SPEWEDTAMMY: DOZENS OF NEW ORLEANSRESIDENTS LEARNED HOW ...

As New Orleans residents prepare for a multi-day flood event, officials urge people to clear their catch basins. Latest flood forecast | Parish-by-parish flood threat | How to clean your catch basin | ...

Curious if your catch basin has been cleaned? There’s a map for that. On Tuesday (Jan. 15), New Orleans officials announced the city has a new map on its website that tracks inspected catch basins and ...

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 ...

Roughly 7.2 million pounds of debris were removed from clogged city catch basins across the city during a four-month emergency cleaning program, including more than 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads.