More than 170 million people across the United States, from the Mexican border to the Canadian border are under cold weather alerts ahead of a crippling winter storm expected to sweep through the south from Texas to Georgia,

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.

Most cities in the region don't have snowplows. Louisiana had 400,000 pounds of salt ready to spread over roads and bridges in preparation for the icy conditions.

Among the first executive orders set to be signed by President Donald Trump will be an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named "Gulf of America." The plan will be enacted "a short time from now," Trump said during his inaugural address at the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

As of Sunday, Jan. 19, the National Weather Service seven-day forecast for Raleigh shows a slight chance of snow after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, with a higher chance of snow Tuesday night, with “snow likely, mainly between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.”

A very rare winter weather event will pass through the Deep South beginning Monday night, and even down along the Gulf Coast on Tuesday. As an arctic front lifts north across the Gulf of Mexico, a low pressure system will intensify and track eastward and dump Gulf moisture into the cold air for the Gulf Coast states.

DeSantis’ reference to the “Gulf of America” comes after Trump reiterated his intent to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

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.

A few light showers or flurries are possible Tuesday morning, however dry air should evaporate much of that before it reaches the ground. Otherwise, temperatures will fall below freezing once again by sunrise Tuesday, with wind chills in the 20s or perhaps the teens inland.

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Storm Warning is now in effect for Southeast Louisiana and widespread snow totals 3-4" are likely for everyone in the warning.