High winds and reduced visibility led the National Weather Service to issue warnings along some parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast. Travel could be "dangerous or impossible."
At least 10 people have died. Officials warned that arctic cold will persist for another day, and roads could remain dangerous. Still, many Southerners found joy in the rare experience.
A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.
The United States is currently experiencing an intense cold front linked to the so-called Arctic “polar vortex”. The icy air that has particularly affected the central and eastern United States is now descending as far as the Gulf Coast.
More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
For example, Lake Charles, La., along the Gulf Coast, showed snowfall rates of over 1 inch per hour this morning and early afternoon and visibility down to a quarter of a mile with blowing snow. This is one of the reasons why blizzard warnings were posted briefly for that region earlier.
Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.
The Gulf of Mexico is a vital body of water found along the southeastern coast of North America. It is bounded by the United States in the north, Mexico in the south, and Cuba to its southeast. Covering roughly 600,
A "rare" winter storm, named Winter Storm Enzo, is set to bring snow, ice and subfreezing temperatures to the Gulf Coast ... states. AccuWeather The first impacts will be felt in Texas and ...
As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week attributing inclement winter weather to a “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.