A rare winter storm swept through the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing record-breaking snowfall to South Louisiana. Baton Rouge experienced its largest snowfall in over a century, with the National Weather Service officially recording 7.

The snowstorm currently lashing the Gulf Coast is being described as a once in a generation weather event, the National Weather Service said Monday.

People in Texas and much of the U.S. South are facing record snowfalls and icy conditions, with both New Orleans and Houston covered in snow. The big picture: This once-in-a-generation event for millions across the Gulf Coast has closed schools,

On Tuesday, a snowstorm swept through unexpected parts of the southern United States, including Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, shattering snowfall records across the south and del