NEW ORLEANS — Many who evacuated during Hurricane Katrina have vivid memories of contraflow, in which thousands of cars crawled for miles side-by-side in a desperate attempt to flee New Orleans.

Warmer Gulf waters fuel faster hurricane intensification Evacuations remain difficult for elderly and medical facilities State task force proposed “evaculanes” to ease congestion Officials resist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite snow and ice, closure signs and barrels, and heavy machinery to ward away motorists, one driver still made his way into a ...

NEW ORLEANS — Contraflow has not been used to evacuate the New Orleans area since Hurricane Gustav, thanks to the 72-hour notice required to put it into effect and the fact that storms rapidly ...

TO NO TIME TO EVACUATE. BUT IF YOU DO PLAN TO EVACUATE, YOU NEED TO THINK FAST. WDSU TRAFFIC ANCHOR BRANDI B.HARRIS HAS THE ROAD MAP TO SAFETY. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A PLAN BEFORE A STORM IS HEADING OUR ...

Contraflow, which during evacuations converts all lanes on selected highways in the same direction to move people away from potential harm, is intended to add capacity to get more people out more ...

The "contraflow" lane on southbound Interstate 75 through part of central Cincinnati is closed because of snow. The lane – one used to absorb traffic during construction work – extends from just north ...