A project to help reduce flooding in much of northern Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana is finished. Officials expected to pay more than $1 million to clean and widen a major drainage canal in Gray. The job came in about $98,000 …
Terrebonne Parish flood protection planners are taking the first steps toward building the western footprint of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system in Louisiana. The 98-mile system’s newest authorization from Congress earlier this year extended its footprint about16 miles west from the …
Officials in Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish are completing their latest plans for dealing with dangerous situations the area could face. In a 2015 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, a committee focused on levee failure, flooding, hurricanes and tropical storms, saltwater intrusion, tornadoes, …
Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana has a $4 million grant it’s using to buy nine storm-damaged or flood-prone homes throughout the parish. Lafourche Parish has a similar program, but only two households are participating. Officials say that this program differs from …
Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana has a new emergency re-entry process for companies attempting to reopen after a mandatory hurricane evacuation. The Courier reported placards would replace company picture ID badges and would allow company representatives access to check the status …
A south Louisiana parish president is calling on residents to contact out-of-state relatives and friends to enlist help in the fight against projected drastic flood insurance costs. Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program could mean many thousands of people …
A floodgate designed to insulate portions of Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish from storm surge driven in from the Gulf of Mexico is being dedicated on Aug. 21. The Courier reports the $48 million Bubba Dove Floodgate in the Houma Navigation Canal …
More structures in Terrebonne Parish will get a boost above future storm surges with another wave of federal grants. The Courier reports about $3 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money will be used to elevate 11 homes and one …
