Louisiana Shuts 100-Mile Stretch of I-10 as Rare Snowstorm Hits Gulf Coast
The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare ...
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Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America? Google Maps and contentious geography
Google announced on Monday that its online mapping platform, Google Maps, will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users in the US. Additionally, Google Maps will change ...
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Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes
Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body ...
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A rare blizzard blasts Gulf Coast, bringing first snow in years to parts of the South
A winter storm prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is ...
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In the United States, “the polar vortex is unleashed with maximum ferocity”
The United States is currently experiencing an intense cold front linked to the so-called Arctic “polar vortex”.  The icy air ...
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Is the Gulf of Mexico being renamed? Trump orders change to Gulf of America
It is the largest gulf in the world, and the United States coastline along this ... Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, ...
These maps show how winter has flipped upside down in the U.S.
After a record-breaking Gulf Coast storm, cities like New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, have had more snow this winter than ...
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'Crazy to see': Deep freeze, snow blankets parts of US as brutal storm targets South
A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant ...
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Snowfall tapers along the Gulf Coast, but temperatures will plunge to dangerous lows
Large swaths of southeast Texas and Louisiana and parts of southern Mississippi are under an extreme cold warning after a day ...
President Trump renames Gulf of Mexico, changes Denali back to Mount McKinley on first day
President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the Alaska mountain Denali to Mount McKinley.
Florida shatters all-time snowfall record as winter storm blankets Gulf Coast
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 ...