Myriad winter weather alerts and warnings remained in place across the U.S. on Tuesday as multiple states battled storms.

We've named hurricanes since the 1950s, and naming weather systems goes back hundreds of years. Buy why not winter storms?

A major winter storm slammed the southern US Tuesday, blanketing parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.

Winter storm warnings are in place in several states with heavy snow, freezing rain and dangerously cold temperatures expected.

A cold front is bringing freezing temperatures and hazardous conditions to millions across the country this month.

A historic winter storm in south Alabama on Tuesday broke Mobile’s 130-year-old snowfall record and brought a rarely seen covering of snow to the beaches of Gulf Shores. But while it gave folks in Mobile an exceedingly uncommon opportunity to build snowmen, it also caused more than a few problems around the state.

The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5 to 12 inches through Tuesday evening. Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.

The National Weather Service issued an updated winter storm warning at 10:38 p.m. EST on Tuesday valid from Wednesday 7 a.m. EST until Thursday 1 a.m. EST for Leelanau, Benzie and Manistee counties.

New Orleans — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.

A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental US bringing winter storm warnings and a hazardous freeze to millions.

National Weather Service meteorologist Will Corless said Gainesville will see temperatures in the mid-20s this week.

An updated winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 8:31 p.m. in effect until Wednesday at 6 a.m. for Conecuh, Butler, Crenshaw, Escambia, Covington and Baldwin counties.