Residents in the Florida Keys have been warned that powerful storm surges could be headed their way as Hurricane Rafael barrels across the Gulf of Mexico. Rafael, which is currently a Category 2 ...

Hurricane Rafael strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane as it neared the coast of Cuba on Wednesday afternoon. Rafael is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds and ...

Donald Trump didn’t struggle to win the Florida town of Longboat Key in 2024. With a median age of 71.5 — only 6% of its residents are under 50 — it’s the sort of retirement community that built up ...

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center on Monday were closely monitoring the northeastern Gulf of Mexico for potential tropical cyclone development. Tropical downpours are expected to pose a ...

The Republican-led House approved a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, which would call on all federal agencies to update their maps to include the new name. The bill, which ...

ATLANTA — Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico made it through the House of Representatives on Thursday. If made law, it would change the name of the body of ...

A Trump administration proposal to allow more exploration for oil and gas violates environmental laws, the groups said. By Karen Zraick Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday ...

The legislation was all but certain to die in the Senate, but the move put the Republican-led House on the record supporting President Trump’s nomenclature. By Annie Karni Reporting from Washington A ...