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Hurricane Isaac came ashore Tuesday night in southern Louisiana. But it's such a massive and slow-moving storm, that rain is expected to keep falling — perhaps through Thursday. That's of particular concern in New Orleans.

As the back end of the storm approaches the Gulf Coast, reporter Pat Dowell, a resident of Baytown, Texas talks with host Scott Simon about the situation near Galveston. She lives close to the Exxon oil refinery, one of the largest in the U.S.

An anonymous Curious Gulf Coast inquirer asked: "Are there refugees living in southwest Florida? If so, what country did they come from? Why did they have…

State lawmakers will convene in the Florida Capitol March 3 to kick off the 2015 legislative session. In addition to passing a roughly $77 billion budget,…

Florida ranks 49th in the nation in per capita funding for mental health services. According to U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services surveys taken…

A report released Friday shows that red tide continues to creep northward along Florida's Gulf Coast, clear up the Florida Panhandle to Navarre Pier, near Pensacola.

Lee Hill, of NPR's Tell Me More, offers a slide show of images by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Ted Jackson depicting very different disasters along the Gulf Coast.

The St. Clare School in Waveland, Miss., was demolished by Hurricane Katrina. But the Roman Catholic school has bounced back with help from"Santas" across the country.

The worst of Hurricane Ivan seems to be over for residents of Mobile, Ala., where the storm made landfall early Thursday morning. Several storm-related deaths and heavy damage are reported in the Florida Panhandle, which is now bearing the brunt of the storm. Hear NPR's Adam Hochberg.

Yes, tsunamis, although with low frequency, can happen and affect the East Coast. They would be triggered by different mechanisms.