R​oads were still closed Thursday morning after a historic winter storm hit The South, bringing inches of snow to areas not used to seeing any snowfall at all. D​rivers in Southeast Louisiana were urged to continue to stay off the roads on Thursday morning,

A major winter storm slammed the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, blanketing parts of a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather with record-breaking snowfall.

The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.

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A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.

The NWS said up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snow fell in the Houston area. Texas transportation officials said more than 20 snowplows were in use across nearly 12,000 lane miles in the Houston area, which lacks its own city or county plows.

Over 10 inches of snow has been reported in Louisiana as a historic, unprecedented snowstorm slams the South. The snow is falling across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida,

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Safety is beginning to plow snow off roads. However, many major roads are iced over.

Arctic air grips the central and eastern U.S., bringing record-breaking cold, dangerous wind chills, and historic snowfall. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Winter snow storms have covered swathes of the southern US in thick snow, breaking records across the region. Despite some fatalities and airport closures, residents have been enjoying the unusual weather.

Temperatures plunged below freezing across parts of northern Florida on Wednesday, with some areas even dipping into the teens, making parts of the Sunshine State colder than Anchorage, Alaska.