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Blizzard paralyzes Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas
A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, prompting the first-ever blizzard warning for the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-breaking snowfall. Stopped travel and brought daily life to a standstill.
“Honestly, it’s been down for 24 hours,” FOX Weather meteorologist Berta Marvin said. “I mean, looking at some of the images that we’ve shown you on FOX Weather is something you only see once in a generation. It’s really going to be a storm that decades from now we have a new generation of kids. The generation will be, ‘Where were you at this time in 2025?’
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The famous St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter is barely visible in heavy snow on January 21, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The winter storm brought a rare snowfall to the city, closing schools and businesses and forcing out locals, many of whom had never seen snow before. (Photo by Michael D. Mocker/Getty Images)
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People walk down icy Canal Street on January 21, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The winter storm brought a rare snowfall to the city, closing schools and businesses and forcing out locals, many of whom had never seen snow before. (Photo by Michael D. Mocker/Getty Images)
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Snow blankets Canal Street and the central business district in New Orleans on January 21, 2025 during a major winter storm.
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Snow along Orange Beach, Alabama on January 21, 2025.
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GALVESTON, TEXAS – JANUARY 21: People take photos of the 1900 Hurricane Memorial statue on Sewall Blvd. During a snowy winter storm in Galveston on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
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An ATV sleds past residents in the snow during a winter storm in Houston, Texas, US on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
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Statues are covered in snow inside New Orleans Musical Legends Park on Bourbon Street on January 21, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A winter storm brought rare snowfall to the city, closing schools and businesses and forcing out locals, many of whom had never seen snow before. (Photo by Michael D. Mocker/Getty Images)
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BONFAY, FLORIDA – JANUARY 21: A sign shows a winter storm warning on January 21, 2025 in Bonifay, Florida. The National Weather Service has placed North Florida under a winter storm warning for what some are predicting will be the Gulf’s biggest snow and ice storm in more than 100 years.
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A wintry mix was reported at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
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People take photos by a docked riverboat during a heavy snowfall on the Mississippi River on January 21, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A winter storm brought rare snowfall to the city, closing schools and businesses and forcing out locals, many of whom had never seen snow before. (Photo by Michael D. Moker/Getty Images)
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Snowfall at Houston’s IAH Airport on January 21, 2025.
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Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt shares photos of snow falling in Houston on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, as a winter storm battered the area.
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Snow covered the U.S. 51 Robert E. Meyers Jr. Memorial Bridge in Manchuk, LA on Tuesday.
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Snow blankets Canal Street and the central business district in New Orleans on January 21, 2025 during a major winter storm.
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Snow blankets New Orleans during a historic Gulf Coast winter storm
A major winter storm brought blizzard conditions to Louisiana on Tuesday, turning New Orleans into a city of snow. The record-breaking blizzard covered the palm trees in fresh flakes and stopped the normally bustling Big Easy.
Powerful and deadly A winter storm On Tuesday, the entire south was hit, heavily snow In areas that rarely see flakes or extreme cold conditions. The storm prompted the National Weather Service to issue its first blizzard warning for the Southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas.
New Orleans broke its one-day snow total record by midday when 8 inches of snow was recorded at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The new record was broken by 2.7 inches on December 31, 1963.
A man in a cowboy hat and Santa outfit, with snow-covered palm trees behind him in New Orleans.
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Florida has received the heaviest snowfall in state history as a winter storm hits the south.
Florida spent Tuesday preparing for its most important contest yet. Winter season Since 1989, airports have been closed and officials have asked residents of the Western Panhandle to stay off the roads.
There were widespread reports of 5-12 inches of snow around Pensacola on Tuesday evening, prompting troopers to close a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10.
The all-time snowfall in the Sunshine State was 4 inches in Milton outside Pensacola on March 6, 1954, which was eclipsed by measurements around Pensacola on Tuesday.
This photo shows the “Welcome to the Free State of Florida” sign as snow falls during a historic winter storm on Monday, Jan. 21, 2025.
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Check it out: Unusual snow spots across the South as a once-in-a-generation winter storm brings snow.
From kayaking in the snow to sledding on a cookie sheet, residents of Texas and Louisiana found a number of creative ways to enjoy the historic winter storm that swept through the South on Tuesday.
Parts of Texas and Louisiana saw their first-ever blizzard warnings as the powerful storm marched across the region and dumped more than half a foot of snow, according to reports.
Texans and Louisianans alike took advantage of the unusual winter weather.
These Louisianans got creative with their snowy pastimes by hitching a cake to the back of a truck and riding through freshly fallen powder.
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