Today: Clear. High of 57. Breezy. Winds from the north-northwest at 10 to 25 mph. Tonight: Clear. Low of 41. Winds from the north at 5 to 10 mph.  Full story »

A $1.1 billion, 17-mile levee along the New Orleans East Land Bridge, stretching into St. Tammany Parish, to reduce hurricane storm surge flooding of communities along Lake Pontchartrain was unveiled Thursday during a meeting of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. The project would be designed to reduce the chance of flooding caused by surge waters from Lake Borgne,... Full story »

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning in several Louisiana counties.  Full story »

Today: Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. High of 70. Windy. Winds from the west at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Tonight: Clear. Low of 41. Breezy. Winds from the north-northwest at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.  Full story »

Strong to severe thunderstorms could spread over the New Orleans are overnight and into Thursday morning as a cold front moves through the area, according to forecasters with the Slidell office of the National Weather Service. There's a slight risk of severe storms north and west of a line from Gulfport, Miss., to New Orleans to Donaldsonville. The main threat... Full story »

Today: Clear in the morning, then partly cloudy. High of 73. Winds from the southeast at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20%. Tonight: Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and showers, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain after midnight. Fog overnight. Low of 63. Breezy. Winds from the south at 15 to 20 mph.... Full story »

The University of New Orleans, in a move to improve civic and business leaders' preparation for catastrophes and responses to them, will offer post-graduate programs this spring in hazard planning and hazard-policy studies. Also on tap is an undergraduate minor in disaster policy.   The postgraduate programs, which will lead to certificates upon completion, are designed to teach people... Full story »

Today: Clear. High of 66. Winds from the east at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Clear. Low of 55. Winds from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph.  Full story »

A $5.8 million underwater barrier completed in mid-September to block the upriver flow of saltwater in the Mississippi River from threatening area water supplies has experienced some erosion but is still doing its job, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said Monday. The 1,700-foot-long underwater dam, called a sill, at Alliance in Plaquemines Parish, keeps saltwater flowing upstream... Full story »

Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain. High of 72. Winds from the west-southwest at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight: Clear. Low of 48. Winds from the northwest at 10 to 15 mph.  Full story »

Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. High of 73. Winds from the south at 5 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50%. Tonight: Overcast with thunderstorms and rain showers, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain after midnight. Fog overnight. Low of 63. Breezy. Winds from the south-southwest at 10 to 20... Full story »

Today: Partly cloudy. High of 72. Winds from the south-southeast at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20%. Tonight: Overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 64. Winds from the south at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20%  Full story »

Partly cloudy, with fog early. High of 64. Winds from the east at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy in the evening, then overcast. Low of 57. Winds from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph.  Full story »

Today: Clear. High of 59. Winds from the northeast at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight: Clear. Low of 46. Winds less than 5 mph.  Full story »

The Slidell office of the National Weather Service has extended its freeze warning to include New Orleans and other parts of the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, from early Thursday morning until 9 a.m. "On the south shore of the lake, temperatures have quickly fallen to near 40 degrees this evening," said a freeze warning message issued late Wednesday.... Full story »