Marc Walraven, who has been instrumental in operating the Netherlands’ flood control infrastructure, wore his cowboy boots while he was in New Orleans. The organization he helped found, I-STORM, a ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A visit to Houston on Friday by the Dutch queen highlighted a long friendship between Texas and the Netherlands that grew from their fight against a mutual enemy: flooding. While ...

This story, headlined "Beating back the sea," was originally published Nov. 13, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's ...