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  • Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger off Louisiana coast

    February 17, 2022 1:32 PM

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a cruise ship passenger who jumped from her balcony into the sea and is missing in the Gulf of Mexico. An airplane had been conducting search patterns off the coast, but Coast Guard officials said Thursday... more »
  • Divers find suspected source of oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

    September 6, 2021 7:51 AM

    On Sunday, divers who were responding to an oil spill that erupted shortly after Hurricane Ida found a broken pipeline that may have been the source of the spill. According to CNN , a Houston-based company called Talos Enegery discovered a pipeline on the ocean floor that appeared "to... more »
  • NOAA forecasts very large dead zone for Gulf of Mexico

    June 11, 2019 1:27 PM

    Mississippi River flooding impacts reach beyond neighboring land, and this summer, a near record “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico will result. This hypoxic area of low top no oxygen can kill fish and other marine life. An annual occurrence, the dead zone is caused by excess nutrient pollution... more »
  • Dozens evacuated, two hurt after oil platform fire in Gulf of Mexico

    November 8, 2017 10:13 AM

    CYPREMORT POINT, Louisiana - Some forty people were evacuated from an oil and gas platform about 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay early Wednesday morning. Two people were injured in the situation, which has been reported as a fire on the platform. The blaze was reported at about 2... more »
  • Nate: Gulf coast avoids major damage Play Video

    October 8, 2017 9:14 AM

    BILOXI – The Gulf Coast is waking up Sunday to a small mess after Nate made landfall Saturday. Only the mast of this sailboat is not submerged at Point Cadet marina in Biloxi after #Nate #mswx #goldnenugget @wbrz pic.twitter.com/0uObEhBSdl — Mark Armstrong (@TvMarkArmstrong) October 8, 2017 ... more »
  • Mermaid dock floating aimlessly in the Gulf puzzling authorities

    August 2, 2017 6:33 PM

    UPDATE: The Coast Guard has found the origin of the floating dock that was located in the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday. The dock was reported to have broken free from its mooring during a tropical storm with no people aboard. NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is trying... more »
  • Coast Guard, good Samaritans help burning ship in the gulf

    January 16, 2017 2:23 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard and good Samaritans are responding to a vessel that caught fire 150 miles south of Southwest Pass Monday morning. Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center received a report at 3:28 a.m. from the National Command Center of an electrical fire... more »
  • Woman contracts flesh-eating bacteria while fishing near Grand Isle

    June 7, 2016 4:15 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans woman has contracted a flesh-eating bacteria while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico near Grand Isle. WDSU-TV reported Kelly Blomberg contracted v ibrio vulnificus when she was surf fishing off of the beach last month. Blomberg said she was walking in the water.... more »
  • Six years on: What's ahead for restoring Gulf after oil spill

    April 20, 2016 9:33 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - Today marks the sixth anniversary of the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig. Now, a $20 billion settlement has funded what will be the largest environmental restoration project in U.S. history. The Environmental Defense Fund in New York posted a Q&A Wednesday morning with oceans scientists... more »
  • One of two young anglers rescued from Gulf died at the hospital

    April 6, 2016 12:17 PM

    GRAND CHENIER, La. - Two 19-year-olds were found clinging to a partially capsized boat near an oil rig 11.5 miles off the Louisiana coast Wednesday morning. According to a KATC-TV report, Derek Romero, pictured in teal, died at a hospital in Cameron Parish after being rescued. The name... more »
  • 'Deepwater Horizon' movie releases first trailer

    March 23, 2016 1:17 PM

    NEW ORLEANS ( WWLTV ) - Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil leak is getting a Hollywood ending. A trailer for the upcoming film, Deepwater Horizon , directed by Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) was released Wednesday . The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich,Gina Rodriguez, Dylan... more »
  • Coast Guard makes rescue as fishing vessel sinks

    August 31, 2015 11:23 PM

    MORGAN CITY - Three people were rescued from a 75-foot fishing vessel that sank just off the coast of Louisiana Monday. The Coast Guard said a passing helicopter reported seeing the vessel sinking with two life-rafts in the water. Crews from stations in Morgan City and New Orleans were... more »

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