It’s a type of plan that environmentalists, scientists and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says can be a ...

Months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, leaving 24 people dead and many more unaccounted ...

Searchers are moving on foot through rough terrain, looking for survivors or victims’ remains in woods, culverts and other places.

According to NOAA, the "dead zone" is caused by hypoxia, which refers to "reduced levels of oxygen in the water". Plus, a look at this year's forecast.

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be ...

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will ...

Their study predicts the hypoxic zone to be around 4,800 square miles, taking into account how warmer water temperatures have altered the Gulf’s complex food web, helping reduce the dead zone.