Odds of development are increasing with this disturbance near FL, and a tropical depression or storm could form sometime later in the week. Next name on the list is #Dexter. The good news is, it's headed west—into the Gulf and away from the Carolinas. pic.twitter.com/m3s4KQ6Hqe

A Connecticut-based shipping company pleaded guilty to pollution charges after crew members on one of its ships deliberately dumped more than 10,000 gallons of oil waste into the Gulf of Mexico.

St. Pete Beach Fire Rescue said a teenage girl was transported to a nearby medical center after the bolt. Two other adult victims were treated for injuries on scene.

A system of low pressure could develop near Florida or off the southeastern coast of the U.S. over the Fourth of July weekend, or early next week.

All eyes are on the Gulf this week as local weather services track a potential tropical development. There is currently a 30% chance of tropical development near the northern Gulf Coast. As of right now, the system is located just off the eastern coast of Florida.

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to the National Weather Service.

For John B. Anderson, the Gulf Coast is personal. The W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at Rice University spent his early years on Alabama's Fort Morgan Peninsula, where his father was a party boat fisherman.

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc., Houston, announced it has secured a three-year agreement to provide decommissioning services for ExxonMobil Corp., Houston, in the U.S. Gulf. The New York-listed ene

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