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 ...

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 ...

More than 68,000 catch basins are up for grabs in New Orleans as part of the city's Adopt-A-Catch Basin program, and the effort is starting to catch on.The new website gives residents a direct line to ...

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 ...

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 ...

After that sneak attack of heavy rains and flooding last week, many New Orleanians woke up to catch basins full of standing water. Even after Hurricane Barry came and went, some of those storm drains ...

The catch basin and cover were incorrectly placed within temporary travel lanes in the project area, the Transportation ...

NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF IT’S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. IF YOU LIVE IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE CITY ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU MIGHT WALK OUT OF YOUR HOME AND SMELL WHAT SMELL YOU SMELL. IT’S AN ONGOING ...

A clean catch basin near the Fairgrounds. Floods this summer revealed that New Orleans’ drainage system hasn’t been working at full capacity. Since then, the city has been scrambling to improve the ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - Cleaning catch basins near homes can help protect neighborhoods from flooding. A new online interactive tool can help you determine the status of catch basins across New ...