Rare winter storms hit the Gulf Coast on Tuesday from eastern Texas through the Florida panhandle. Snowfall was so intense in the Lake Charles, Louisiana, region t
The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.
From a snowy Bourbon Street in New Orleans to making a snowman on the beaches in Houston, check out the falling snow in our southern states.
Some areas of New Orleans and Houston got more than four inches of snow Tuesday morning in a historic winter storm hitting the south.
That's wild considering it hasn't snowed in New Orleans since 2009, and their last "big" snowstorm was in 2008 when 1-2 inches fell. Up to five inches of snow could accumulate in the Houston area. The all-time record snowfall in Houston is 3.0 inches, so this is very clearly a historic situation.
As heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the Deep South, a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.
The snowstorm currently lashing the Gulf Coast is being described as a once in a generation weather event, the National Weather Service said Monday.
The winter weather rapidly moves east, with places such as New Orleans in Louisiana and Pensacola in Florida getting snow ... snow in both the Big Easy and Tallahassee, it would be the first ...
A historic winter storm is bringing blizzard conditions across portions of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana as it sweeps across the South. Subfreezing temperatures in the South ushered in this storm system, providing the perfect setting for ...
Winter storm watches are in effect for New Orleans ... rain is possible across parts of northern Florida, potentially including Pensacola, Tallahassee, and Gainesville. It’s extremely rare ...