Harry Hamburg / The Associated PressSen. David Vitter. U.S. Sen. David Vitter wants to stop the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps around communities working to fix levees found to be deficient. Vitter said Monday that many areas...

London Avenue Canal to get steel sheet piling three times deeper than before

Army Corps of Engineers photoThe $272,000 contract is for pre-construction work on an 8.5-mile reach of the Chalmette Loop levee system between Louisiana 46 in Verret west to Caernarvon, near the Mississippi River levee. The Army Corps of Engineers has...

The 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver come to an end on Sunday, and the weather

During what is turning out to be a particularly harsh winter, it's more

The storm that started the weekend on a stormy note across California will

A new cross-country storm is already in the works. After impacting California

This image shows the epicenter of the 8.8-magnitude

Planners urged to think beyond levees

img src=http://lagic.lsu.edu/images/logos/lgisc-seal.gif border=0 align=leftBaton Rouge, LA -The Louisiana GIS Council’s Membership Committee will hold a Public Meeting on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. at 1885 North Third Street in the Sixth Floor Conference Room of the Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, concerning the following: Redrafting of the Council’s bylaws as they pertain to members serving as officers of the Council. Any other matters properly brought before the Membership Committee BR a href=http://lagic.lsu.edu/lgisc/Announcements/2010/NOTICE_OF_PUBLIC_MEETING_20100226.pdf target=_blank class=news_linked title=PDFOfficial PDF/a.BR BRBR