Authorities recovered the body of an 11-year-old boy from Richmond after a nearly two-day search in the Gulf of Mexico near Surfside Beach, with an officer swimming offshore to retrieve him.
A shark bit a 17-year-old in the Gulf of Mexico south of Galveston. The teen’s father applied a tourniquet before the Coast Guard transported him to shore after the boat lost power.
Galveston County residents are advised to prepare for potential flooding due to excessive rainfall. A flood watch remains in effect across parts of southeast and south-central Texas through Monday evening, with heavy rainfall expected to cause potential flooding in low-lying and urban areas.
Galveston officials have begun clearing large amounts of sargassum from beaches ahead of Memorial Day weekend, as federal monitoring shows elevated levels of seaweed along the Texas coast.
Authorities recovered 27 packages of cocaine that washed ashore on Galveston Island. Police say such discoveries occur periodically and urged the public to report, not handle, suspicious items.
A 37-year-old man reported missing while kayaking in West Galveston Bay was found dead Monday after a large-scale search by the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas officials.
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