Since 2011, a monstrous structure has taken shape in the Atlantic Ocean almost every year, sprawling from the West African coast to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt—a ...

Gulf temperatures are slowly on the rise, but it's not doing much to Texas' chances for an active hurricane season. The Gulf of Mexico is starting to see above-normal temperatures in August, according ...

Recent hurricane seasons have been defined by storms supercharging over the Gulf of Mexico’s warmer-than-normal waters as they barrel toward Florida’s west coast. Experts are hopeful that trend could ...

For the last 15 years, a massive belt of algae has been growing, from space it looks like a giant brown ‘ribbon’ connecting the West Coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. Once confined only to the ...

A low-pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico has a low chance of development and is expected to move inland over Texas or Louisiana by the weekend. Heavy rainfall is anticipated along the Gulf Coast, ...

Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, has formed and is predicted to strengthen to a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher). Invest 98L, a separate system in the Gulf of ...

The unusually quiet start to September in the tropics may not last much longer. A surge in tropical development is expected around the middle of the month, AccuWeather hurricane experts warn. The Gulf ...

The Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet at its historical peak on Sept. 10. Forecasters are currently tracking two tropical waves, but no named storms are expected in the next seven days.