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• Magnitude 5.9 quake off Oregon coast; no damage

  April 11, 2012 7:50 PM

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake has struck about 160 miles off the Oregon coast, but there are no reports of damage. The quake was reported at about 3:40 p.m. local time Wednesday, west-northwest of the coastal city of Bandon, Ore. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center... more »

• Reports of strange substance in the water in the Gulf of Mexico

  March 20, 2011 6:10 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says there's some sort of substance in the water in the Gulf of Mexico, after reports of a sheen on the water off the coast of Louisiana. Officials are collecting samples. Officials say dredging has been going on not far away at... more »

• Hurricane Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel

  September 3, 2010 4:09 PM

  Hurricane Earl is causing problems for Labor Day weekend travelers up and down the East Coast as it heads toward New England. Amtrak has suspended train service between New York and Boston until Saturday morning. The rail carrier had planned to stop service by 4:30 p.m. Friday, but trains were... more »

• Hurricane warning issued for North Carolina coast

  September 1, 2010 11:27 AM

  A hurricane warning has been issued for the North Carolina coast as powerful Hurricane Earl approaches the East Coast. A hurricane watch has been extended into Delaware. Visitors have been taking ferries off Ocracoke Island and told to leave neighboring Cape Hatteras in North Carolina's Outer Banks, and... more »

• Tropical storm gathers strength, heads for land

  August 23, 2010 9:17 AM

  Tropical storm watches and warnings have been extended westward along Mexico's coast as Tropical Storm Frank churns in the Pacific. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Danielle is getting stronger far out over the Atlantic. On Monday, Mexico extended a tropical storm warning from west of Tecpan de Galeana to Zihuatanejo.... more »

• Shrimpers cross fingers as they head into the Gulf

  August 16, 2010 8:02 AM

  Louisiana shrimpers have more than the usual worries as they hit the water today for the opening of shrimp season. Besides concerns over how much they'll catch and what they'll get for it, there's anxiety about how much damage the shrimp population has truly suffered from the lengthy oil... more »

• Coast Guard copter crashes off Washington coast

  July 7, 2010 1:58 PM

  A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard says one of its helicopters has gone down off the Washington coast, and two crew members are missing. Petty officer Nathan Bradshaw in Seattle says rescue crews are looking for the missing crew off the waters of James Island, near La Push,... more »

• Computer models: Oil could end up on East Coast

  June 3, 2010 6:10 PM

  Computer models show oil leaking from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico could wind up on the East Coast and even get carried on currents across the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe. The National Center for Atmospheric Research models showed Thursday that oil could enter the Gulf's loop... more »

• Boat with containment box reaches oil site

  May 6, 2010 8:58 AM

  A boat carrying a 100-ton concrete-and-steel contraption designed to siphon off the oil fouling the Gulf of Mexico has arrived at the spot in the sea where a blown-out well is spewing petroleum. Engineers hope it will be the best short-term solution to controlling the leak that has only... more »

• Oil oozes toward Gulf Coast

  April 26, 2010 2:14 PM

  Oil from a sunken drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico is oozing slowly toward the coast, endangering sensitive marshes and beaches from Louisiana east to Florida. The areas are home to dolphins, sea birds, prime fishing grounds and tourist playlands. They could be fouled later this week if... more »

• Second in series of storms expected to hit California

  January 19, 2010 10:56 AM

  The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for areas of Southern California scarred by last summers wildfires as authorities and residents brace for another day of heavy rains. The agency's flash flood watch, issued early Tuesday, is for burn areas in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and... more »

• Storms stall search for Navy plane off Texas coast

  October 30, 2009 9:22 AM

  Stormy weather has forced the Coast Guard to suspend its search for two missing Navy pilots and their plane along the central Texas coast. Petty Officer 1st Class Nayo Gallegos said crews stopped their search around 8 p.m. Thursday because of limited visibility. The search is expected to resume Friday... more »

• 9 missing after Coast Guard plane, Marine helicopter collide

  October 30, 2009 9:09 AM

  The Coast Guard tells federal officials it has spotted debris that could be from a Coast Guard plane that crashed into a Marine Corps helicopter in mid-air. The Navy and Coast Guard are searching the waters off Southern California's coast for the nine people who were believed to be on... more »

• Mercury leaking at closed California mine sites

  September 18, 2009 12:09 PM

  Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people. But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen... more »

• Tropical depression forms off Mexico's coast

  September 16, 2009 11:13 AM

  Forecasters say a tropical depression has formed in the Pacific, off Mexico's western coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the depression could reach tropical storm strength sometime Wednesday. The center of the system is located about 340 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas and moving north-northwest... more »

• 600,000 dealing with flooded homes in Africa

  September 14, 2009 12:03 PM

  The only piece of furniture that survived the most recent flood in Fatou Dione's house is her bed. It's propped up on cinderblocks and hovers just above the water lapping at the walls of her bedroom. The water stands a foot deep throughout her house. She shakes off her... more »

• Drought keeps California salmon from spawning

  September 11, 2009 1:21 PM

  California's third year of drought has worsened the already dire outlook for endangered coho salmon, as coastal creeks used for spawning dwindle into disconnected pools where fish get trapped and die. On a hot summer afternoon about 40 miles north of San Francisco, a group armed with fishing nets... more »