A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was combining with a low-pressure system and chilly air to drop significant amounts of snow in some spots.
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
"Sentinels of the Port," a new film by Galveston Unscripted host J.R. Shaw, spotlights the harbor pilots working the ports of Galveston and Texas City.
Over 40 green sea turtles were rehabilitated and released in Galveston after a cold snap left them cold-stunned, with the community witnessing the event.
Houstonians, and most in the Gulf region stretching from Galveston to Lake Charles, Louisiana, woke up Tuesday with several inches of snow and subfreezing temperatures.
A powerful and dangerous winter storm sweeping across the South is dumping heavy snow across Houston and other major metropolitan areas along the Interstate 10 corridor, prompting the first-ever Blizzard Warning along portions of the Gulf Coast.
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before.
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen before.
The Gulf of Mexico is a large oceanic basin located in the southeastern region of North America, bordered by the United States (to the north and east), Mexico (to the west and south), and Cuba (to the southeast). It is part of the Atlantic Ocean and is connected to it via the Straits of Florida and the Caribbean Sea through the Yucatán Channel.
An incredible 41 green sea turtles have returned to swimming free in the Gulf of Mexico after a rescue mission by staff at Houston Zoo. The turtles spent more than a week under the care of the Houston Zoo veterinary department and the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research due to the risk of swimming in the unseasonably cold waters in the Gulf.