A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was combining with a low-pressure system and chilly air to drop significant amounts of snow in some spots.

Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.

"Sentinels of the Port," a new film by Galveston Unscripted host J.R. Shaw, spotlights the harbor pilots working the ports of Galveston and Texas City.

Over 40 green sea turtles were rehabilitated and released in Galveston after a cold snap left them cold-stunned, with the community witnessing the event.

The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, Houston Zoo and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department on Friday released more than 40 recently rescued, cold-stunned green sea turtles into the

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

Houstonians, and most in the Gulf region stretching from Galveston to Lake Charles, Louisiana, woke up Tuesday with several inches of snow and subfreezing temperatures.

A powerful and dangerous winter storm sweeping across the South is dumping heavy snow across Houston and other major metropolitan areas along the Interstate 10 corridor, prompting the first-ever Blizzard Warning along portions of the Gulf Coast.

About 41 of the turtles were released into the Gulf of Mexico on Friday so they can find warmer waters before the temperatures dropped.

As the audience cooed over the sea turtles and snapped photos and videos, staff and volunteers carried the marine reptiles down a path between two crowds, like a soul train line, to the sea. To their amusement, some of the turtles were excitedly flipping their fins mid-air in anticipation. And they had a good reason.