But bridges freeze at different rates. Larger bodies of water, like the St. Johns River, are warmer, so bridges won't freeze as fast over these warmer waters as bridges over cooler bodies of water or land.

Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish name.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

An arctic air mass will channel temperatures 20-30 degrees below already historically cold January averages. The South braced for a rare winter storm.

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.

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council — until now. On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an order to rename the waterbody to the “Gulf of America” on federal agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications.

TALLAHASSEE — After President Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about this week's winter storm, DeSantis referred to an "area of low pressure moving across the Gulf of America."

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?

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and the coastal Carolinas on Wednesday after breaking snow records in Texas and Louisiana, treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy.