A major winter storm slammed the southern US Tuesday, blanketing parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week attributing inclement winter weather to a “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.

While driving from the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States in one day would be far-fetched, if not impossible, driving from Florida’s Atlantic Coast to Gulf Coast in a day is much easier to fathom.

A snowstorm of historic proportions walloped the Gulf Coast this week, delivering travel-snarling snow from Texas to the Carolinas and breaking records that have stood for more than a century. At least nine people have died across the central and eastern United States,

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will everyone call it that?

In support of President Trump's executive orders, the Coast Guard will send additional resources to maritime borders, the military branch said Tuesday.

A winter storm prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is causing dangerous conditions from Texas to North Carolina.

The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns have complicated the trip south.

Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.

Snow and sleet started falling in Texas as officials begin to close schools and airports. Snow and ice could bring major travel disruptions and power outages from Texas to Florida.

Florida just saw the most snow on record, with a preliminary 8.8 inches observed in Milton, which is north of Pensacola.