Gulf of Mexico

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The search for nine crew members missing from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana is continuing for a sixth day.

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.

Topical Storm Zeta continued to strengthen as it lingered over the Northwestern Caribbean Sea Sunday afternoon. Zeta is currently located 305 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm, which is the 27th named storm of the 2020 Hurricane…

Tropics Update– October 25, 2020

NBC 6 First Alert Forecast– October 25, 2020

Topical Depression 28 formed over the Caribbean Saturday afternoon and is expected to strengthen into a named storm by Sunday, the National Hurricane Center reported on Saturday. The Depression is currently located 240 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, according to an 11 p.m. update by the National Hurricane Center in…

Topical Depression 28 formed over the Caribbean Saturday afternoon and is expected to strengthen into a named storm by Sunday, the National Hurricane Center reported on Saturday.

NBC 6 First Alert Forecast– October 24, 2020

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

Tropical Storm Sally continued its path away from South Florida while Tropical Depression 20 formed over the central tropical Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami Saturday evening.

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

If both storms survive the weekend, the National Hurricane Center forecast that Laura would as head a hurricane toward the central Gulf Coast around Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle, while Marco aimed at Texas, though most likely remaining a tropical storm.

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 Gonzalo continued moving across the Atlantic Friday, while Tropical Storm Hanna strengthened and is expected to make landfall as a hurricane this weekend along the Gulf Coast. In the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Hanna is located roughly 165 miles east of Corpus Christi, Texas, with sustained winds of 65 mph as of the 10 p.m. CDT advisory….

Meteorologist Ryan Phillips has the latest on Tropical Storms Hanna and Gonzalo