After Hurricane Katrina, the federal government poured $1.8 billion into New Orleans school construction, replacing long-decaying campuses and protecting against future hurricanes.

More than 80 percent of New Orleans-area tornadoes in the modern record have been weak, or rated 0 to 1 on the EF scale or its predecessor, the F scale (before Feb. 1, 2007).

A confirmed tornado moved through New Orleans around 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Follow our live updates.

A tornado last struck New Orleans in February 2017, with winds estimated by the National Weather Service of up to 150 miles per hour. That storm damaged more than 600 homes and injured 33 people.

Multiple tornadoes tear through New Orleans area 03:03. A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one ...

NEW ORLEANS – Search-and-rescue efforts continued Wednesday after a large tornado struck parts of the city and the surrounding suburbs, killing at least one person and tearing apart homes ...

A separate tornado touched down around Lacombe in St. Tammany Parish, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, on Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service said.Dozens of trees were snapped ...

New Orleans New Orleans, surrounding areas, ravaged by tornado as severe weather moves into Deep South, 1 dead Another woman was killed by the storm system in Texas ...

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, ripping down power lines and scattering debris in a part of the city that had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17… ...

A confirmed tornado moved through New Orleans around 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Follow our live updates.

A tornado touched down in New Orleans around 4 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. More than 40 tornadoes were reported across the South in the past 2 days, according to the Storm ...