Historic winter storm shatters records across the South, leaving millions grappling with extreme cold and unprecedented snowfall into the weekend.

Meteorologists were left speechless Tuesday as record amounts of snow fell along the Gulf Coast. Here’s why it was so snowy.

Cities like Birmingham ... concerned about the implications of the cold temperatures. Many places in the Deep South could experience days of temperatures at or below freezing.

Heavy snow and ice will fall in eight states from Texas to the Carolinas late Monday into Wednesday, leading to dangerous conditions in places where the severity of snowfall could be historic.

From Texas through the Deep South, down into Florida and to the Outer ... Florida and other major cities. In Alabama on Wednesday, the weight of the snow collapsed the dome of the Mobile Civic ...

From Texas through the Deep South, down into Florida and to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, snow and sleet made for accumulating ice in major cities such as New Orleans, Atlanta, Jacksonville ...