A dangerous winter storm sweeping across the South is dumping heavy snow across Houston and other major metropolitan areas along the Interstate 10 corridor.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WKRC) — "Gulf of America" appeared in a Winter Weather Emergency Declaration from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. According to WFTX, the term "Gulf of America" appeared in an emergency declaration issued only hours after President Donald Trump mentioned his desire to have the title changed during his inaugural address Monday.

Florida on Monday became the first state to officially refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in an emergency declaration ahead of a major storm. The post Florida is First State to Officially Use ‘Gulf Of America’ With Cold Weather Emergency Declaration Just Hours After Trump Inaugurated first appeared on Mediaite.

New Orleans saw 8 inches of snow, breaking the previous record of 2.7 inches by a long shot, with Chalmette, Louisiana seeing 11.5 inches and Lafayette and Rayne seeing 10.5 inches. The Acadiana region of Louisiana saw temperatures drop as low as 2 degrees F, the lowest ever recorded there since records began in 1893.

The name of the Gulf of Mexico is just one of the many things President Trump has promised to change. While it hasn't changed yet, click to see how the state's executive order used the new title.

Gulf of Where? In the same name-swapping order, designed to take effect by mid-February, Trump declared that the Gulf of Mexico will now be known as the Gulf of America “in recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our Nation’s economy and its people.”

As freezing temperatures blasted the coast, many turtles were left “cold-stunned” and in need of rehabilitation.

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Tallahassee was forecast to get two or three inches of snow from a historic winter storm system that sacked a wide swath of the Gulf Coast and reportedly ... meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tallahassee. “We may have had a couple ...

A powerful winter storm, fueled by a whirling mass of Arctic air, brought much of the Sun Belt to a standstill and plunged temperatures into the teens. Warmer temperatures weren’t expected until the weekend.

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen before.