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Rustic fishing towns faced Ian’s wrath. Now at the height of tourism season, ‘We’re in a lot better shape’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Chokoloskee and Everglades City, two fishing villages-turned-travel-destinations that sit next to each other on the cusp of Everglades National Park and the Gulf of Mexico, have seen more than their share of hurricane destruction — most recently Donna in 1960, Wilma in 2005, and then Irma…

Tribune News Service

Family of three Australians killed in US single-engine plane crash

Former Gympie resident Christian Kath, his wife Misty and their 12-year-old daughter Lily died when plane crashed in Gulf of Mexico

The Guardian - AU

Gulf of Mexico plane crash tragedy leaves woman and girl dead with man still missing

A woman and girl have been found dead, with a man - thought to be another passenger or a pilot - still missing, after a single-engine Piper Cherokee failed to return to its origin airport in Venice, Florida, local officials said yesterday

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In Mexico, birdwatching offers fragile lifeline for nature, economy

Every year millions of birds glide the air currents between Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental mountains and the Gulf of Mexico in a spectacle dubbed the "river of raptors" that attracts hundreds of foreign birdwatchers to coastal Veracruz.

Reuters

Man who fell overboard from Carnival Cruise ship rescued by Coast Guard hours later after Gulf of Mexico search

A Carnival Cruise passenger who was last seen at an onboard bar was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico alive and responsive after a massive overnight search, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Friday.

Tribune News Service

Man who disappeared off Carnival cruise rescued in gulf of Mexico

The passenger was found hours after falling overboard

The Independent UK

Remembering Some Of The Most Notorious November Atlantic Hurricanes

In November, most people are bundled up in warm clothes, beginning to scrape ice off their cars and turning on their fireplaces.

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AccuWeather Meteorologists Tracking What May Take Shape In The Atlantic Following Nicole

AccuWeather meteorologists say that tropical moisture will keep the risk for flooding alive across the southeastern region

Zenger

Mexican village blames climate change as sea swallows its homes

Celia Figarola and her husband stayed in their simple seafront home by the Gulf of Mexico as long as they could - until, finally, the encroaching tide caused their walls to crack.

Reuters

New Orleans under threat from hurricanes, rising sea levels

Ahead of the November 8 midterms, FRANCE 24 takes you on a tour down the Mississippi River with a series of reports by Fanny Allard. For the 5th and final episode, we head to New Orleans, Louisiana, where the Mississippi river reaches the Gulf of Mexico.

France 24

Texas unions skeptical of wind jobs

With wind coming to the Gulf of Mexico, Texas unions demand stronger labor protections

Salon

Three men survive shark attack before being rescued after boat sank during fishing trip

The trio's ship sank in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and soon one of the group found himself having to fight off a shark before the US Coast Guard finally rescued them

Daily Mirror

Tropical Storm Karl forms in Gulf of Mexico

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Karl formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Orlando Sentinel

Fishermen recount fighting off sharks for hours after their boat sank in the Gulf

The U.S. Coast Guard says fishermen whose boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico suffered deep cuts on their hands and a shredded life jacket as they fought circling sharks before being rescued

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`How lucky': Fishermen rescued fighting off sharks in Gulf

The U.S. Coast Guard says fishermen whose boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico suffered deep cuts on their hands and a shredded life jacket as they fought circling sharks before being rescued

Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center watching out for possible tropical disturbance

ORLANDO, Fla. — A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico has higher odds Tuesday morning of becoming the next tropical depression of the year, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Orlando Sentinel

Next tropical depression, or storm, likely to form soon, hurricane center says

ORLANDO, Fla. — The disturbance emerging in the Gulf of Mexico is looking more organized Tuesday afternoon and will likely become a tropical depression or storm in the next day or so, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Evening Standard

Fishermen fight off sharks with their hands in the Gulf of Mexico after boat sinks

The Coast Guard searched 1,200sqm before finding the three men off the coast of Louisiana

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The Conversation

Hurricane Ian: how climate change is making North Atlantic tropical storms worse

Hurricane Ian first made landfall in western Cuba as a category 3 storm, wiping out power for 11 million people. It continued northwards over the Gulf of Mexico where it strengthened over exceptionally warm ocean water (which meteorologists describe as “rocket fuel” for hurricanes).

Miami Herald

‘Like the Gulf of Mexico came in’: Hurricane Ian flooded this historically Black Naples neighborhood

NAPLES, Fla. — Piles of damaged furniture, damp mattresses and broken electronics sat Saturday in front of most houses on the east side of Naples’ only historically Black neighborhood.

WEKU

Climate change makes storms like Ian more common

Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico helped Hurricane Ian gain strength. Rapidly intensifying major hurricanes are more likely as the Earth gets hotter.

The Independent UK

What path is Hurricane Ian taking?

The now-Category 1 storm is heading towards South Carolina

Tribune News Service

Tropical Storm Ian continues to grow in approach to Cuba; watch issued for Keys as Florida braces for major hurricane

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian continued to intensify as it approached Cuba late Sunday while a tropical storm watch went into effect for the lower Keys

The Independent UK

Gov't OKs nearly $190M in bids from offshore oil lease sale

The U.S. government has accepted nearly $190 million in bids from an offshore oil and gas lease sale that was held nearly a year ago but rejected by a federal judge

ABC News

In Louisiana, the first US climate refugees find a new safe haven

Native Americans forced from their homes as the island they were built on gradually sinks into the Gulf of Mexico are now settling into new homes thanks to a federal resettlement grant.

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