Major disruptions are expected throughout Wednesday as the Gulf Coast continues to battle with a rare winter storm.
And, it’s bringing a rare snowfall to the sugar white beaches of Gulf Shores. The National Weather Service in Mobile said that as of 6:10 p.m. Tuesday, 7.5 inches of snow had fallen at its office in west Mobile. That broke the all-time record for a snow event of 6 inches in 1895.
From Florida to Texas, large chunks of the southern United States were blanketed in snow Tuesday during a historic snowstorm.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.
A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.
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The storm is expected to bring severe weather to parts of the Southeast and Gulf Coast that were recently slammed by a historic blizzard