Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis, warns of a record-breaking cold front that could cause blizzards in Louisiana and extreme weather across the southern United States. With temperatures predicted to drop significantly below historic norms,
Officials throughout much of the South have echoed the same message: The effects from the rare winter storm are not over, and driving remains a hazard.
As of Wednesday morning, Mobile, Alabama, recorded a total of 7.5 inches of snow, surpassing the previous record of 3.6 inches set in 1973. Pensacola got a record 7.6 inches of snow, beating its previous record of 3 inches reported in 1895, according to USA Today.
A rare winter storm has hit the southern United States bringing widespread snowfall to areas like Louisiana, that hadn't seen snow in years.
A historic winter storm blanketing the Southern US with record-breaking snowfall has claimed at least nine lives, prompted states of emergency and halted travel across Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia,
The amount of snow the Gulf Coast States received makes this weather system the worst winter storm in over 120 years. Before 120 years ago, record keeping was unreliable or not recorded at all.
At least three deaths were attributed to the cold as dangerous below-freezing temperatures with even colder wind chills settled in.
More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Snow and sleet started falling in Texas as officials begin to close schools and airports. Snow and ice could bring major travel disruptions and power outages from Texas to Florida.
A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas.
HOUSTON -- From Texas to Louisiana and Florida, a wide swath of southern United States braced for a once-in-a-generation winter storm with heavy snow, sleet and ice on Tuesday, which created hazardous travel conditions for the region unaccustomed to bitterly cold weather.
From Florida to Texas, large chunks of the southern United States were blanketed in snow Tuesday during a historic snowstorm.