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After The Floods, Gulf Coast Towns Dig Out From Muck And Mud

The Florida panhandle and the coast of Alabama have been deluged by rain this week. Some local officials say it's the worst flooding in decades. Sandra Averhart of Pensacola's WUWF sent this postcard.

Two Florida Gulf Coast University Students Join Marchers in D.C.

An estimated 500,000 people gathered at the National Mall for the Women’s March on Washington Saturday following President Donald Trump’s inauguration the…

Hurricane Sally is predicted to make landfall late Tuesday night or Wednesday along the Gulf Coast, bringing huge amounts of rain — thanks in part to its slow movement.

Hurricane Sally Is Bringing 'History-Making' Rains To Gulf Coast, Forecasters Say

Many communities in Sally's path will be drenched by 10 to 20 inches of rain, with some areas possibly seeing up to 30 inches. The storm made landfall Wednesday morning in Alabama.

Along Florida's Gulf Coast, residents are reeling from the effects of Hurricane Helene

The scope of the damage Hurricane Helene caused is still not totally clear.

Jackie Andaloro, 71, of Greenwich, N.J., searches for seashells along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on Jan. 14, 2025, in Cedar Key, Fla.

Along Gulf Coast, Trump’s plan for ‘Gulf of America’ touches residents’ pride; some wonder what difference it will make

President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico has left residents along the Gulf Coast sharply divided. Some say it awakens their pride in the U.S. while others suggest it’s a silly distraction.The order, which Trump signed Monday night, his first day in office, directs the secretary of the Interior Department to take all the needed steps to change the name to “Gulf of America” within 30 days.The order says in part that the Gulf plays “a pivotal role in shaping America’s future and the global economy, and in recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our Nation’s economy and its people, I am directing that it officially be renamed the Gulf of America.”

The 300,000 wells drilled in Louisiana are connected by tens of thousands of miles of pipelines that are vulnerable to leaks, like this one in a coastal marsh.

Telltale Rainbow Sheens Show Thousands Of Spills Across The Gulf

Since the disastrous BP spill in 2010, environmentalists have kept watch over Louisiana's coastline. One consortium says there's far more oil leaking into the Gulf than companies are reporting.

ENCORE: Curious Gulf Coast Asks What Motivated Early Settlers of South Florida?

What motivated early Floridians to move into the swampy, mosquito-infested area of South Florida? How did the Seminoles and other Native American peoples…

Months-long Red Tide Harms Manatees, Sea Turtles along Gulf Coast

A strong red tide has persisted along the Gulf Coast since September. As of Friday, the event is still considered medium to high intensity in the waters…

Curious Gulf Coast: How Can SWFL 'Tree Cities' Recover After Irma?

This week, WGCU is answering your questions about development in Southwest Florida in a multi-platform Curious Gulf Coast series. There are a lot of new…

How Generative AI is being integrated into higher education at Florida Gulf Coast University

Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November of 2022 there has been a surge in public awareness about, and use of, Artificial Intelligence. And this represents both a leap forward in technological capability, and the possibility for massive disruption in many fields including education. We learn about efforts at Florida Gulf Coast University to stay on top of this new learning curve we’re all facing on some level.

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