Gulf of Mexico

Far off the Texas coast there is a beautiful surprise in the Gulf of Mexico that draws divers from around the world.

Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities. With little precipitation in the forecast, officials are now hastily preparing for if and when the salt water will reach the state’s most populous city — New Orleans.

The bodies of twin 13-year-old brothers who recently moved from Honduras to Houston have been recovered in Galveston.

The U.S. Coast Guard spent hours Thursday searching the waters off Louisiana for four people on board a helicopter that crashed while departing an oil platform.

It’s not clear how or when the 28-year-old man went overboard, but Coast Guard officials thought of his rescue as a Thanksgiving miracle.

Video shot by a passerby shows a large waterspout that formed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Destin, Florida, on Tuesday.