National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Hurricane Preparedness Week takes place May 5-11 in an effort to inform and equip people in the Southeast to be better prepared for the threat of a hurricane.

At least two people have died, including one reportedly in Alabama, as destructively strong storms moved through the eastern U.S. Thousands of U.S. flights have also been canceled and more than one million residents have lost power.

Four teams of scientists are getting a total of $15.6 million from BP oil spill fines to study fish, other sea life and birds in the Gulf of Mexico,…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Struggling to keep his emotions in check, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration both defended President…

The recreational red snapper season in Alabama’s state waters has closed six weeks earlier than originally expected.The Alabama Department of Conservation…

Government forecasters are set to release their prediction later today for how many hurricanes and tropical storms they expect to form over Atlantic and…

The Gulf of Mexico is setting an unwanted record – this year’s “dead zone”, where there’s too little oxygen to support any marine life, is the largest…

This year’s federal red snapper season on the Gulf Coast is scheduled to begin a week from today. And it’s scheduled to end just 72 hours later.That short…

Even after rainy weather doused much of the state, fire crews are still working to contain a wildfire in northwest Alabama.The “Big Tree Fire” in the…

Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, tourism hasn’t just recovered on the Gulf Coast – industry officials say it’s surging. They credit the…