The Latest Breaking News from the Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Helene has been intensifying with the help of unprecedentedly warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico and is now barreling toward Florida.

Helene, a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, causing heavy rainfall, strong winds, and impacts in multiple regions.

Forecasters say they expect Tropical Storm Helene in the Caribbean Sea to strengthen rapidly and become a hurricane as it moves north across the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane warnings for northwestern Florida's coastline and part of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

October Nymex natural gas (NGV24 ) on Monday closed up by +0.179 (+7.35%). Oct nat-gas prices Monday rallied sharply to a 3-month high on concern a tropical storm developing in the Caribbean will strengthen into a hurricane as it moves north and disrupt nat-gas production in the Gulf of Mexico....

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Francine made landfall Wednesday

Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and is expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana

Oct WTI crude oil (CLV24 ) today is up +0.28 (+0.41%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV24 ) is up +1.04 (+0.55%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today are mildly higher on some short-covering after last week's plunge to a 14-month nearest-futures low. Crude oil prices also saw support as Tropical...

An area of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico is moving landward, and is expected to bring intense rainfall