GALVESTON, Texas– Photos and videos from beaches along the Gulf Coast showed a rare and stunning sight – snow. In Galveston, video from Galveston.com showed snow blanketing the beach, concealing the sand underneath.

Some areas of New Orleans and Houston got more than four inches of snow Tuesday morning in a historic winter storm hitting the south.

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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?

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba.