‘Once in a lifetime’ snow hits parts of the U.S. South
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was combining with a low-pressure system and chilly air to drop significant amounts of snow in some spots.
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Much of Acadiana, including Lafayette, was under Blizzard Warning for first time ever
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... .A coastal low moving across the northern Gulf of Mexico is producing periods of visibility reducing heavy snow a
Mexican president says the world will still call the gulf the Gulf of Mexico
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
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Why are we seeing heavy snow in south Louisiana? It's about timing and the 'polar vortex.'
The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.
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Southern Louisiana gets first-ever blizzard warning
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA, issued a blizzard warning about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 for Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. It is the first blizzard warning ever issued by the Lake Charles weather service office.
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Lafayette, Lake Charles under blizzard warning for first time ever. What to know.
Joshua Wilson walks his dogs Caymus and Moose Tuesday, January 21, 2025, on Mall Street in Lafayette, La. For the first time ever, Lake Charles and much of Acadiana are under a blizzard warning as snow blankets the area Tuesday morning.
Eight Southern cities that will be in the thick of a potentially historic storm
A winter storm will bury parts of the Deep South with snow through early Wednesday. Here’s a forecast for key cities in its path.
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Lake Charles under first-ever blizzard warning as historic snowstorm hits Gulf coast
NWS issued an early Tuesday warning for an unprecedented weather event in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas
Breaking down the historic winter system impacting the Gulf Coast from Houston to New Orleans
The latest on the once-in-a-generation winter system off of the Gulf of Mexico from the southernmost Blizzard Warning ever issued to near-record snowfall.
As South digs out from brutal storm, Florida cities still more frigid than Alaska
It was so cold across Florida on Thursday morning that temperatures in at least four cities were colder than in Alaska, but a desperately needed warmup was on the way for millions of Americans in the South following a deadly winter storm unmatched in decades.
‘Not the Cajun sneaux-mobile’: New Orleans freezes over, and Louisiana handles it like only Louisiana can
The Gulf Blizzard of 2025 crashed into the southern portion of the United States this week, impacting 1,500 miles of land between Texas and the Carolinas and wreaking havoc on road safety and air travel. Luckily for the internet, New Orleans is putting the city’s signature Cajun spin on the weather.