As tempests go, tropical storm Bonnie would barely be strong enough to cause a Louisianan to look up from his gumbo. As of Friday evening, the National Hurricane Center actually downgraded Bonnie to a ...

Oil producers on Monday shut offshore production and pulled workers off platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as the 27th named storm of the season strengthened into a hurricane and took aim at the U.S ...

On February 14, 1982, the Ocean Ranger—once called “unsinkable”—was swallowed by the Atlantic during a fierce storm. All 84 crew members perished in one of history’s deadliest offshore disasters.