Gulf of Mexico

In the wake of Hurricane Ida, Tropical Storm Nicholas has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and the National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm warnings and watches for the coasts of Northeastern Mexico and Texas. Tropical Storm Nicholas is about 130 miles (205 km) northeast of Veracruz, Mexico about 405 miles (650 km) south-southeast of the mouth of the…

Nicholas strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Monday as it headed toward landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast and it was expected to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana.

Houston-based Talos Energy said in a statement that its oil spill response contractor had installed the containment dome Monday evening, allowing for the recovery of the oil.

Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the apparent source as a one-foot diameter pipeline displaced from a trench on the ocean floor and broken open.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida

Researchers say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is larger than average.

Meteorologist Ryan Phillips has the latest on Potential Tropical Cyclone Three.

A potential tropical cyclone was expected to make landfall on the Gulf coast Saturday.

High winds and heavy rains are striking coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as a disorganized and unpredictable tropical weather system churns through the Gulf of Mexico

Angie Lassman has the latest update on what would be named Claudette and be the third named storm of the 2021 hurricane season.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Three has formed Thursday over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and is expected to be the third named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Three remains “poorly organized” Thursday night as it moves over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flooding.

Angie Lassman has the latest on the system that is not expected to impact Florida, but could bring heavy rain to portions of the Gulf Coast.

While the second named system of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season has dissipated, forecasters were watching what could become the third named system in a matter of days. The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday that a disorganized group of showers and thunderstorms over the Bay of Campeche and southern Mexico could organize in the coming days. A 70% chance of…

Angie Lassman has the latest on what could bring showers and some flooding to areas that include Texas and Louisiana by the weekend.

Another disturbance has formed Thursday, this time over the western Gulf of Mexico, and it could produce heavy rainfall over parts of Texas and Louisiana in the coming days, regardless of development.

The Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” is a region as large as the size of Massachusetts where there is very little oxygen in the water and ocean life can’t thrive. But to find a key source of “dead zone” pollutants, you have to travel up the Mississippi River to the farm belt of the Upper Midwest. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson...

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.

NBC 6 First Alert Forecast– October 25, 2020