NOAA removes 40 place names from official maps; Louisiana has lost more than 1%2C800 miles of coast since the ... which infiltrated the parish's marshes, Plaquemines president Billy Nungesser said.

Much of lower Plaquemines Parish is without power Monday morning (Jan. 1), according to an outage map on the Entergy Louisiana website. Problems have been reported from Port Sulphur down ...

About 3,000 residents in a Louisiana community south of New Orleans have been warned saltwater permeated their drinking water supply, posing a threat to residents with health risks. Plaquemines ...

Steve Inskeep talks to Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, about how Hurricane Isaac is impacting his community. Nungesser says the storm that hit his parish in southeast Louisiana ...

Plaquemines Parish ordered a halt to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, a $3 billion project aimed at restoring Louisiana's eroding coast. ... Map of the Mid-Barataria sediment diversion project.

Massive barges brought over a million gallons of fresh water to Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on Monday as the community tackles the intrusion of saltwater that’s threatening drinking supplies.