The Latest Breaking News from the Gulf of Mexico

A historic ocean liner that ferried immigrants, Hollywood stars and heads of state may soon find its final resting place at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

Emergency workers in Florida, Georgia and elsewhere rescued hundreds of people from boats, their homes and their cars as Hurricane Helene’s winds and storm surge created havoc on the Gulf of Mexico, in coastal neighborhoods and further inland

Forecasters say Helene has strengthened as it is expected to make landfall in north Florida’s Big Bend region.

Hurricane Helene, a Category 2 storm, poses a major threat to the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern U.S. with damaging winds and heavy rains.

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida and it's been upgraded to a Category 2 storm

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida

Forecasters say they expect Tropical Storm Helene in the Caribbean Sea to strengthen rapidly and become a hurricane as it moves north across the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane warnings for northwestern Florida's coastline and part of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

October Nymex natural gas (NGV24 ) on Monday closed up by +0.179 (+7.35%). Oct nat-gas prices Monday rallied sharply to a 3-month high on concern a tropical storm developing in the Caribbean will strengthen into a hurricane as it moves north and disrupt nat-gas production in the Gulf of Mexico....

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico