Gulf of Mexico

Divers identify broken pipeline as source of ongoing …

In a satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, an oil slick is shown on Sept. 2, 2021 south of Port Fourchon, La. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

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Lightning storm, simultaneous gas pipeline leak set off …

A subaquatic fireball seen in the Gulf of Mexico. (Manuel Lopez San Martin)

Video shows flames boiling in Gulf of Mexico after huge …

The Centenario exploration oil rig, operated by Mexican company "Grupo R" and working for Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex, is seen in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 30, 2013. (Omar Torres / AFP / Getty Images)

Tropical weather system lashes Gulf Coast with gusty winds, …

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, June 18, 2021, at 11 a.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows a tropical weather system in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials ordered a floodgate and locks system closed in southeast Louisiana and readied sandbags in Mississippi and Alabama as a broad, disorganized tropical weather system began spinning bands of rain and brisk wind across the northern Gulf of Mexico coast Friday. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall near Mexican resort town …

Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (Victor Ruiz Garcia/AP)

Residents along U.S. Gulf Coast flee as region prepares …

Workers board up shops in the French Quarter of New Orleans, on Aug. 23, 2020, in advance of Hurricane Marco, expected to make landfall on the Southern Louisiana coast. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 …

In this frame grab from NASA TV, the SpaceX capsule splashes down Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in the Gulf of Mexico.(NASA TV via AP)

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Hurricane Hanna heads to Texas as 2 other storms …

Hanna strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to make landfall in southern Texas later in the day. (CNN Weather)

Tropical Storm Cristobal moves closer to U.S. Gulf …

View of the Panteon Florido flooded by heavy rains caused by the passage of the Tropical Storm Cristobal in Merida, state of Yucatan, Mexico on June 5, 2020. (HUGO BORGES/AFP via Getty Images)

Tropical Storm makes landfall in Mexico, could loop …

Cristobal made landfall in the early morning in the state of Campeche, with sustained winds of 60 mph. It hit land near Atasta, Mexico. (CNN)

10 years later, sparkling waters hide lasting harm …

A BP cleanup crew shovels oil from a beach on May 24, 2010 at Port Fourchon, Louisiana. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Air Force Airman Missing After Falling From Plane …

A Lockheed Martin C-130 is seen on static display demonstration at Paris Le Bourget (LBG / LFPB), France during 53rd Paris Air Show 2019 on June 21. (Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Near-Record ‘Dead Zone’ Predicted in Gulf of Mexico, …

LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Professor Nancy Rabalais dives an area in the Gulf of Mexico with low oxygen levels called the dead zone. (Credit: Cameron Thrash, LSU)

Florida Man Infected With Flesh-Eating Bacteria While …

A photo of Mike Walton's hand after he contracted flesh-eating bacteria. (Credit: WFTS)