Twenty years after New Orleans area hospitals faced fatal infrastructure failures in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's health care facilities are still extremely vulnerable to flood risks and other natural hazards, according to a new nationwide study.

Louisiana came out 49th overall on a range of health and environmental metrics, which means that the state faces intense and frequent hazards, while lacking comprehensive energy and environmental policies, researchers at Northeastern and Yale Universities found.

The District of Columbia was included alongside the 50 states, making Louisiana third-to-last across the country. Kentucky and West Virginia performed worse, while Mississippi and Florida scored higher. The state ranked near the bottom on health care facility risk fr

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