Down the Drain is a WWL-TV investigative project that explores what went wrong and where the blame lies for New Orleans' drainage crisis. Down the Drain was reported and produced by WWL-TV's ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's a question New Orleanians are often heard asking before expected heavy rain, "Are my catch basins clean?" According to the city's most recent numbers, thousands upon thousands of ...

A massive push to clean New Orleans’ catch basins in the wake of last summer’s floods was spread widely through much of the city's east bank, though not always in the worst-inundated areas, and with a ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — There are more than 90,000 catch basins in the city of Detroit. Some people call them storm drains and they can be the source of flooding on ...

WEBVTT FLOOD VICTIMSARE STILL CLEANING UP.REPORTER: YES, WE ARE AT CIRCLEFOOD STORE IN TREMAINE.YOU CAN SEE THE WATER THAT ISSTILL OUT HERE RIGHT NEW.THERE IS SO MUCH TO CLEAN UP.YOU CAN SEE THE WATER ...

Curious if your catch basin has been cleaned? There’s a map for that. On Tuesday (Jan. 15), New Orleans officials announced the city has a new map on its website that tracks inspected catch basins and ...

WE WANT TO SEND IT OVER TO DAMON WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY. DAMON: SOME OF THAT SAME TYPE OF WEATHER COULD BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EARLY EVENING. WE ARE ...

Ride-along with the Boston Water and Sewer Commission workers who keep a forgotten but critical piece of infrastructure in ...

Q. Our home has a catch basin where waste from the kitchen sink and the laundry sink is caught. We clean the basin with water, bleach and lime. The foul odor will not go away. How can we clean the ...

A clean catch basin near the Fairgrounds. Floods this summer revealed that New Orleans’ drainage system hasn’t been working at full capacity. Since then, the city has been scrambling to improve the ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - Cleaning catch basins near homes can help protect neighborhoods from flooding. A new online interactive tool can help you determine the status of catch basins across New ...