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Blizzard blasts Gulf Coast paralyzing communities from Texas to Florida to Carolinas with record-breaking snow
A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, bringing the first-ever Blizzard Warning to the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-shattering snow that snarled travel and brought daily life to a halt.
See it: Historic winter storm in South leaves indelible mark visible from space
From space, it almost looks like a surreal scene Hollywood would dream up as accumulations stretched from Houston across the Gulf Coast and the Florida Panhandle into North Carolina's Outer Banks.
See the snowfall totals from the historic January snowstorm of 2025
Snow started falling on Monday across the Lone Star State because it wasn’t until Tuesday that records across the Gulf Coast were smashed. New Orleans officially recorded 8" of snow with plenty of reports of 8-12" around the Big Easy. Florida’s greatest snowfall of all-time was 4" reported outside of Pensacola but the accumulations were quickly eclipsed by what was expected to be more than half a foot of frozen precipitation A Blizzard Warning was issued for the first time around Lake Charles, Louisiana due to visibilities and blowing snow.
Florida sees heaviest snowfall in state's history as winter storm slams South
Florida spent Tuesday preparing for its most significant bout of winter weather since 1989, with airports closing and officials calling for residents in the western Panhandle to stay off the roads.