As New Orleans residents prepare for a multi-day flood event, officials urge people to clear their catch basins.

Drivers say pooling has become a common theme along Route 128. With rain forecasted for the next few days, they say it’s ...

But the street-level drains are often blocked by dead leaves and other debris, meaning water can’t drain through and instead backs up into the street. DEP has a fleet of specialized catch ...

The Sewerage and Water Board urges residents to clear catch basins as New Orleans prepares for severe storms and flooding ...

but now it's the responsibility of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. According to SWBNO, they're now in charge of cleaning 77,000 catch basins and 8 million linear feet of storm drain ...

Precipitation - Rain, hail, sleet or snow which is input to the drainage basin system. Evapotranspiration - A combination of water evaporated from land and water surfaces, including vegetation ...

Five drainage pumps were out of service ... either because catch basins were in disrepair or there was simply too much water to move at one time. Higher canal levels typically indicate that ...

I do believe the primary issue is with the amount of rain that fell, first and foremost and then surface drainage. We've got to make sure catch basins and laterals are clear." Eighty-nine of 93 ...

(WVUE) - Southeast Louisiana is bracing for several days of storms and flooding rain as a slow-moving weather system begins to move through the region Tuesday evening. A strong line of storms is ...

HE SAYS RAINWATER SAT FOR HOURS, DESPITE ALSO REGULARLY CLEANING HIS CATCH BASINS AND SOMETHING JOYCE PERRY, WHO LIVES ON ANDREA AND NORTH JOHNSON, ALSO SAYS SHE DOES. WE CLEAN OUR DRAIN EVERY ...