Gulf of Mexico

A tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane, the National Weather Service said Sunday.

Tropical Storm Alberto rumbled toward northeast Mexico early Thursday as the first named storm of the season, Texas began mobilizing as South Texas and the coast received heavy rainfall and tropical force winds and coastal flooding.

Far off the Texas coast there is a beautiful surprise in the Gulf of Mexico that draws divers from around the world.

The Biden administration has designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy.

Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities. With little precipitation in the forecast, officials are now hastily preparing for if and when the salt water will reach the state’s most populous city — New Orleans.

Tuesday’s one-of-a-kind auction marked a modest start for wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico.

An American-owned oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil began offloading its cargo near Texas late Saturday, tracking data showed, even as Tehran has threatened to target shipping in the Persian Gulf over it.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) updated its forecast for the 2023 Atlantic tropical calling for an above-average season.

The oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles this year.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects a “near normal” 2023 Atlantic tropical season with 12-17 named storms.

Hurricane season occurs every year and lasts six months. Here is why it begins June 1.