Florida International University’s 'Wall of Wind' simulates hurricane winds up to 150 mph, helping researchers improve building resilience and safety standards to reduce disaster impacts on communities.

Forecasting a hurricane isn’t just looking at radar scans and satellite imagery. Not even close.

Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and other states in early April and made it more likely to occur.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

Tune in Thursday April 24 at 7:00 p.m.

The Trump administration has blocked The Associated Press from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One and also from covering an Oval Office event.

If a majority of the roughly 500 residents living around the South Texas site vote yes in May, Starbase will be the state’s newest city.

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed to the Gulf of America.

Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.

President Trump ordered the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on his first day in office. Houston's KPRC explains how reporting will and won't change on their platforms.

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its Maps service.

On the News from Google X account, the company responded to the order, saying they had received questions about how they would handle the changes.

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

'I'll bet diners have no idea how much they are being duped,' said a local shrimper.

Less than 24 hours after President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the governor of Texas is now throwing the Lonestar State’s name in the ring.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sarcastically to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

For decades, history books and maps have labeled the big body of water that sits off the coast of the southern United States and Mexico as the Gulf of Mexico.

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters.

Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas are under severe weather watches as the National Weather Service predicts a storm system in the Gulf of Mexico could bring high winds, hail and possible tornadoes to the region.

SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching it with giant mechanical arms.

An endangered sea turtle has been released into the Gulf of Mexico after being found off the coast of the Netherlands, 5,000 miles from its home.

Imagine being lost in a faraway place, thousands of miles from home, and somehow finding your way back. That’s exactly what happened to Boeier, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.

There are a few reasons why we aren't too concerned about Rafael.

Rafael moves into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday night

How rare is it for a strong storm to move into the Gulf this time of year?

Coral reefs are in the midst of an ecological crisis and are at risk of extinction, according to the United Nations Capital Development Fund.

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

Social media posts are claiming another storm is coming

Peter Dodge flew hundreds of missions into hurricanes as a radar specialist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

All eyes remain on Florida and Texas is maintaining its commitment to step in and assist our neighbors as the monstrous Hurricane Milton brought a deadly storm surge and strong winds to the area.

With its mighty strength and its dangerous path, Hurricane Milton has powered into a very rare threat that is flirting with experts’ worst fears.

Another cool front moves through next week

Witness the impacts of Hurricane Milton as the monstrous storm slams into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico this week.

Ferocious Hurricane Milton is charging its way across the Gulf Coast with Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, in its sights.

When was the last time a hurricane made a direct landfall on the mainland United States as a Category 5?

Although Hurricane Milton stays away from SE Texas, Florida will see another devasting storm make landfall by mid-week.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Another cool front moves through next week

Another cool front moves through next week

Tracking another system in the Gulf next week

Tracking another system in the Gulf next week

Tracking another system in the Gulf next week

Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia.

As Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen while quickly moving towards the Florida Big Bend, people who chose to ride out the storm are making their final preparations.

Helene has strengthened into a hurricane with forecasters warning that the storm would intensify as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico on a path to Florida.

This front steers Helene away from Houston

This front steers Helene away from Houston

From weather watches and warnings to hour-by-hour forecasts, road conditions and the preparations you should make at your home or office - here’s how KPRC 2 can help your family stay safe as Beryl closes in on the Houston area.

A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth.

Francine is weakening after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane as it heads far inland from the Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Francine has slammed into Louisiana as a dangerous Category 2 storm, knocking out power to more than a quarter million customers and threatening a large stretch of the Gulf Coast with flooding and destructive winds.

Hurricane Rita may not have made landfall directly in the Houston area, but she still left a legacy that Houstonians will never forget.

Here's the impact we're expecting in the Houston and Galveston areas.

Coastal communities in Texas may be impacted by heavy rainfall and flash flooding from the system.

The National Weather Service says a tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane.

Tropical Storm Francine formed and was named Monday morning.

While we enjoy our dry weekend, the Gulf tries to come alive

From weather watches and warnings to hour-by-hour forecasts, road conditions and the preparations you should make at your home or office - here’s how KPRC 2 can help your family stay safe as Beryl closes in on the Houston area.

Watching the Gulf of Mexico, a storm may form next week

Tracking two disturbances that are moving toward the Caribbean

Wednesday saw less rainfall in the area, but that looks to change starting Thursday morning as more tropical moisture gets funneled into Southeast Texas from the Gulf of Mexico.

Tracking storms moving into the Gulf next week

Just days after a boy lost his prosthetic leg in the Gulf of Mexico while on family vacation on Galveston, the community has raised enough money to help buy him a replacement.

A couple from Oklahoma survived two nights and nearly two days bobbing in the Gulf of Mexico last week.

A natural gas condensate leak that has been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of Galveston has finally been stopped after weeks of nonstop pollution.

For at least two weeks, natural gas condensate has been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of Galveston. There’s no end in sight.

A massive oil sheen is stretching for miles along the Galveston coast in the Gulf of Mexico.

An entire team of NOAA scientists works to study the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

KPRC 2 chief meteorologist Anthony Yanez is on assignment at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

A voluntary evacuation order has been issued by Galveston Emergency Management Officials for the west end of Galveston Island.

Hurricane Warnings have been issued for parts of the Texas coast as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches Saturday.

As Tropical Storm Beryl enters the Gulf of Mexico, its sights are set on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Beryl has moved into the the Gulf of Mexico and is taking aim at the south Texas coast, after battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

Happy 4th of July! If you’re planning on having a BBQ for the 4th of July - here’s a quick look at your sizzling forecast!

Tropical Storm Alberto is rumbling toward northeast Mexico as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought.

Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, has weakened as it moves inland over northeast Mexico — but not before bringing heavy rains to the parched region and leaving at least three dead.

Storm surge is pushing water into coastal communities as Potential Tropical Cyclone One moves closer to northern Mexico.

The Houston area is expecting heavy waves of rain and coastal flooding due to a tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico, which is prompting several closures across the city.

Artificial Intelligence gets its first test this hurricane season

As we head into mid-June, the Caribbean is waking up - which could mean tropical tropical for the Houston area this week.

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and it’s expected to be a busy one.

Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the US South has left millions sweltering, strained energy grids and resulted in iconic Howler monkeys in Mexico dropping dead from trees.

Scientists say temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history.

The world is not doing enough to protect coral reefs.

Reef scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time due to prolonged warming of the oceans.

Four astronauts from four countries are back on Earth after catching a ride from the International Space Station with SpaceX.

A 14-foot-long white shark might not be something swimmers want to see at the beach.

A handful of super powerful tropical cyclones in the last decade has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.

Oil companies have offered $382 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico after courts rejected the Biden administration’s plans to scale back the sale to protect an endangered whale species.

As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana’s southeast coast.

Far off the Texas coast there is a beautiful surprise in the Gulf of Mexico that draws divers from around the world: a stunning amount of coral coverage on undersea mountains.

A federal appeals court has ordered the Biden administration to carry on with an auction of oil and gas drilling leases for Gulf of Mexico waters in 37 days — rejecting arguments by environmentalists.

The Biden administration has designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy.

Salt water inching up the Mississippi River is progressing more slowly than once projected — buying time for water systems in metropolitan New Orleans that draw drinking water from the river.

President Joe Biden's administration has proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years but none in Alaska.

Salt water flowing from the Gulf of Mexico into the drought-stricken Mississippi River is prompting Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to ask President Joe Biden to declare a state of emergency.

The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge's order requiring the Interior Department to expand next week’s scheduled sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions of acres.

Storms are ramping up faster and with greater intensity

Tally the turtle arrived in Houston,Texas, and officials determined on Thursday that she is healthy after she travelled more than 4,000 miles from the United Kingdom to make it back home, according to the Houston Zoo.