A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevacs a crewmember from a fishing vessel Oct. 15, 2020, 15 miles off Baffin Bay, Texas. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a report at 8:30 p.m. from the crew of the fishing vessel Los Nietos stating a crewmember suffered a head injury. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi)
Tropical Storm Imelda brought historic rainfall to southeastern Texas and, even though the storm had hit a few days before, the effects were still mounting. Floodwaters caused by the storm posed serious hazards, requiring emergency rescues.
Two barges are lodged beneath the I-10 San Jacinto River Bridge, after nine barges broke away from their moorings at the San Jacinto River Fleet in Houston, Sept. 20, 2019. A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas General Land Office, and Canal Barge Company is responding. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Zimmerman)
HOUSTON — Coast Guard response and incident management teams are coordinating with G & H Towing and T & T Marine Salvage to prevent a disabled tug and barge from running aground on Galveston Island Saturday.
Coast Guard rescues 3 from grounded shrimp boat
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted three men off of a disabled shrimp boat that grounded early Tuesday morning near Pass Cavalo, about 5 miles southeast of Port O’Connor.
