The Latest Breaking News from Gulf of Mexico

AccuWeather meteorologists say that tropical moisture will keep the risk for flooding alive across the southeastern region

Celia Figarola and her husband stayed in their simple seafront home by the Gulf of Mexico as long as they could - until, finally, the encroaching tide caused their walls to crack.

The U.S. Coast Guard says fishermen whose boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico suffered deep cuts on their hands and a shredded life jacket as they fought circling sharks before being rescued

The U.S. Coast Guard says fishermen whose boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico suffered deep cuts on their hands and a shredded life jacket as they fought circling sharks before being rescued

ORLANDO, Fla. — The disturbance emerging in the Gulf of Mexico is looking more organized Tuesday afternoon and will likely become a tropical depression or storm in the next day or so, according to the National Hurricane Center.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico has higher odds Tuesday morning of becoming the next tropical depression of the year, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The Coast Guard searched 1,200sqm before finding the three men off the coast of Louisiana

Hurricane Ian first made landfall in western Cuba as a category 3 storm, wiping out power for 11 million people. It continued northwards over the Gulf of Mexico where it strengthened over exceptionally warm ocean water (which meteorologists describe as “rocket fuel” for hurricanes).

NAPLES, Fla. — Piles of damaged furniture, damp mattresses and broken electronics sat Saturday in front of most houses on the east side of Naples’ only historically Black neighborhood.