Gulf coast

Volunteers are headed to the center of Hurricane Ida storm damage to help wherever and however they’re needed. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell is calling for a voluntary evacuation of the city but says it’s too late to do a mandatory evacuation

Authorities in Alabama say a suspected tornado spurred by Tropical Storm Claudette demolished or badly damaged at least 50 homes in a small town just north of the Florida border

A new study finds that hurricanes are staying stronger longer after striking land than they did decades ago, and that means more destruction inland

At least one person has died as Hurricane Zeta pounds New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast with heavy rains and howling winds before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains and dangerous storm surge

Zeta made landfall in southeast Louisiana on Wednesday as a strong Category 2 hurricane before moving into neighboring Mississippi, losing intensity on its trail of destruction. Now a tropical storm, Zeta continues to barrel northeast. Three deaths have been attributed to the storm.

The hurricane is expected to make landfall near Lake Charles, La., Friday, just six weeks after Hurricane Laura pummeled the same area.

Hurricane Delta made landfall near Creole, La., as a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds

Hurricane Delta is inflicting new misery on storm-battered parts of Louisiana

More than 10 million people on the Gulf Coast are under a storm warning as Tropical Storm Beta is expected to make landfall by Monday night, bringing rain and dangerous storm surges.

Heavy rain and high winds from Hurricane Sally’s outer storm bands are pounding the Florida and Alabama coasts.

Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught as Sally was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday morning.

Local ComEd crews and tow trucks have departed for the Gulf Coast to help in the response to damage caused by Hurricane Laura. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports

Tropical Storms Marco and Laura were headed toward the Gulf Coast this week, affecting both Texas and Louisiana. Telemundo Houston’s Janet Bolivar says the time to prepare is right now as the intensity is going to increase rapidly over the next few days with winds exceeding 110 miles per hour by Thursday.

The Gulf Coast is on edge with two tropical storms churning toward the shoreline. The first, Marco, is expected to make landfall Monday afternoon in south Louisiana. The second strike will come just a couple of days later, and forecasters warn Laura could be a major hurricane by the time it reaches the shore.

Two tropical storms are posing potentially historic threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast, with one dumping rain on Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, while the other has swept into the gulf through the gap between Cuba and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Rain pounded the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Cristobal, which has already spawned a tornado in Florida.

A re-energized Tropical Storm Cristobal advanced toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Saturday, spawning a tornado in Florida and bringing the heavy rains that already caused flooding and mudslides in Mexico and Central America

Authorities in Texas say a massive chemical plant fire that rocked a Gulf Coast town with two major explosions is finally considered contained after three days.