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  2. Florida Current - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Florida Current. The Florida Current is a thermal ocean current that flows from the Straits of Florida around the Florida Peninsula and along the southeastern coast of the United States before joining the Gulf Stream Current near Cape Hatteras. Its contributing currents are the Loop Current and the Antilles Current.

  3. Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)

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    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 when an explosion struck the rig, it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and sources estimated that between 134–206 million barrels of oil was released into the gulf.

  4. Eugene Island block 330 oil field - Wikipedia

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    Eugene Island block 330 oil field is an oil field in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located 170 miles (270 km) southwest of New Orleans , 70–85 miles (113–137 km) off the Louisiana coast comprising six and a half leased blocks: Eugene Island 313, 314 south, 330, 331, 332, 337 and 338.

  5. Maps show Helene's path as it batters Florida and Southeast - AOL

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    Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.

  6. Florida on long-range alert for upcoming Gulf tropical threat

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    The Gulf of Mexico remains the zone to watch for tropical development and impacts to the United States in the days ahead, and this time Florida may be the prime target for any budding system next ...

  7. Texas to Florida faces soaking as tropical rain crosses Gulf ...

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    Unlike in previous years, the Gulf of Mexico has not been the hot spot of tropical activity for much of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. Of the season's 17 named tropical storms, only three ...

  8. Loop Current - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Loop Current. A parent to the Florida Current, the Loop Current is a warm ocean current that flows northward between Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula, moves north into the Gulf of Mexico, loops east and south before exiting to the east through the Florida Straits and joining the Gulf Stream.

  9. Tropical Depression 14 forms in Gulf as Florida braces ... - AOL

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    Florida could soon face another severe storm as a tropical depression is forming in the western Gulf of Mexico, the National Weather Service warned Saturday. “It is forecast to quickly intensify ...