Rip currents can be found at any beach with waves, at any time. Yes. A 19-year-old man from Oklahoma drowned in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday (June 20) in Panama City Beach. The News Herald has ...

Tropical Storm Alvin has sustained winds of over 39 mph and became the first named storm of 2025 in the Northern Hemisphere.

During typical years, the Florida Keys may see widespread reports during the late spring, with more significant impacts ...

Whatever we're calling her these days, the Gulf of Mexico is an unforgiving mistress ... People drown in the ocean because of rip currents, which are relentless but misunderstood.

A Buford, Georgia couple tragically drowned while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near Destin, Florida, on M emorial Day, ...

The Mississippi River watershed, which more or less drains half the entire nation, deposits a prodigious amount of silt in the Gulf. If the currents in the Gulf are running east-west, as they ...

A Buford couple died while swimming in the Gulf near Destin, Florida, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. The couple's son was saved by a bystander.

The first tropical depression of the season, which formed in the Eastern Pacific, is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Alvin on Thursday during what could be a complex year for forecasters ...