Last year, commercial fisherman caught roughly $42 million worth of red snapper in the Gulf. Illegal fishing cuts into those profits.

Apart from linking some great spots in the southern reaches of the three states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the ...

The 2025 list shows how the Gulf Coast region has become a growing force in the artistic and culinary landscape.

MUNICH — The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of ...

Over 30 cases of flesh-eating bacteria have been reported along the Gulf Coast, spanning at least four states. The bacteria, called Vibrio vulnificus, leads to death in about a fifth of cases, the CDC ...

Here’s when (and why) each part of the United States typically gets its soggiest stretch of weather throughout the year.

Editor’s note: This story was originally reported by 69 News on Sept. 30, 2005, a little more than month after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States. A group of ...

What started as Tropical Depression Twelve on Aug. 23, 2005, over the Greater Antilles would soon become one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States. Traveling through ...

The term “flesh-eating bacteria” refers to bacteria that cause necrotizing fasciitis that destroys the soft tissue, particularly the fascial layer underneath the skin. Individuals with suspected cases ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally reported by 69 News on Sept. 27, 2005, a little more than month after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States. A group of ...