The Texas city has been trying for years to develop a seawater desalination plant, but its efforts have lagged as big, ...

A major winter storm blankets the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall, causing widespread closures and travel ...

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The National Weather Service warned of "abnormally low" water levels in the Galveston Bay along the upper coast of Texas.

Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ...

During a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 7, Trump suggested that changing the name of the gulf would have a "beautiful ring to it" and said the naming the body of water after America would ...

Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for the Trump-Vance transition team, shared a New York Post report on Trump’s plans to rename the major body of water as the “Gulf of America,” as well as ...

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

The idea to change the Gulf of Mexico’s name already drew pushback when Trump mused about changing the name of the body of water earlier this month. “I mean obviously Gulf of Mexico ...

Major airlines are delaying and canceling fights in preparation for a wintery blast that could bring snow and ice to the Gulf Coast, disrupting travel from Texas to North Carolina. With heavy snow ...