January 25 was National Opposite Day, but the weather got a head start on that last week. Florida absolutely shattered its statewide snow record. New Orleans got buried in eight inches of snow as well.
The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."
"Not your typical beach day! Our lifeguard tower is trading sunshine for snowflakes. Stay warm, everyone!" Tybee Island Ocean Rescue posted on social media.
Arctic air grips the central and eastern U.S., bringing record-breaking cold, dangerous wind chills, and historic snowfall. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
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
Florida residents from Pensacola to Jacksonville are bracing ... The rare frigid storm blanketed New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled ...
Florida just saw the most snow on record, with a preliminary 8.8 inches observed in Milton, which is north of Pensacola.
This is the same system that produced close to 8 inches of snow across parts of Louisiana, prompting the first-ever blizzard warning for New Orleans ... Florida panhandle have received a healthy coating of snow and ice during the afternoon. At 5 p.m ...
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.
But this snowstorm wasn’t just a New Orleans phenomenon. Across the Gulf Coast, cities saw unprecedented snow totals. In Florida, Milton (north of Pensacola) recorded 8.8 inches, the most snow the state has ever seen, smashing the previous record of 4.4 inches back in 1954.
A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.
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