The US Coast Guard is helping with the search for a missing Air Force airman who fell out of a plane during a jump training mission, Coast Guard Mobile Sector spokesman Juston Lee told CNN.
A disorganized area of storms along the Mexican coast may develop into a tropical cyclone later this week.
A woman is paddle boarding the entire Mississippi River.
Record-breaking spring rains and historic flooding in the Midwest were poised to create one of the biggest dead zones on record in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, researchers had estimated.
Nearly two years after the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history left 58 people dead in Las Vegas, the city's police department has released a report detailing the lessons learned.
Samantha Kincaid was forced to evacuate during Hurricane Gustav in 2008, her first year in New Orleans. Now, she's leaving again.
New Orleans was built above sea level, but over time, it's been sinking.
US oil has surged above $60 a barrel amid concerns that Tropical Storm Barry could derail crude production in the Gulf of Mexico.
The National Hurricane Center issued hurricane watches for parts of coastal Louisiana on Wednesday, as the first tropical system to slam the US this year is expected to make landfall as a hurricane.
The Gulf of Mexico could see one of its largest dead zones on record this summer, according to researchers.
