Gulf of Mexico

A small parade of rescued young sea turtles has headed into the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana — a bright note in a tough season for sea turtles.

Video from the Audubon Nature Institute shows rescued cold-stunned young Kemp’s ridley sea turtles being returned to the Gulf of Mexico at Grand Isle in Louisiana on March 15, 2021.

Hurricane Delta made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico on Wednesday with winds reaching an estimated 110 mph.

Residents of Bermuda are urged by forecasters to prepare to protect life and property ahead of Hurricane Paulette

The energy industry is assessing damage caused by storm surges and high winds as Hurricane Laura cut a dangerous path across the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana

Hurricane Laura threatens to make landfall as a Category 4 storm, which will lead to “catastrophic,” widespread damage and could knock out electricity for those in its direct path for months, forecasters say.

Hurricane Laura ties the record for having the strongest winds at landfall in Louisiana.

Today’s weather will feature sunny and dry weather with a high in the mid 90s. A chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms arrives Wednesday thanks to an upper low nearby.

Five people were rescued near Florida’s Gulf Coast after their boat capsized Saturday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is declaring a natural disaster ahead of two storms inbound for the Gulf Coast Sunday.

Various resources to respond to severe weather were placed on standby Sunday across Texas and Louisiana ahead of Tropical Storms Marco and Laura, which will make landfall later this week, NBC’s Jay Gray reports.

Hurricane Marco has weakened to a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico as closes in on the Louisiana coast, while Tropical Storm Laura has killed at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is declaring a natural disaster ahead of two storms inbound for the Gulf Coast.

Two NASA astronauts have returned to Earth in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown carried out by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company

NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday completing the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.

Tropical Storm Hannah formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, hours after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced various resources to respond to severe weather are on standby across the state.

Tropical Storm Hanna formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, hours after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced various resources to respond to severe weather are on standby across the state.

A tropical depression that formed Monday in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to become a tropical storm in the coming hours, with heavy rains already causing deadly flash flooding in parts of southern Mexico and Central America.

Ten years ago, an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico

Ten years after the nation’s biggest offshore oil spill fouled its waters, the Gulf of Mexico sparkles in the sunlight and its fish are safe to eat