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.

Weather forecasters and public agencies issued health and power loss warnings Tuesday as a “rare winter storm" gripped parts of the southern and eastern United States."A bitterly cold airmass will remain in place for much of the South and eastern U.

Old Jefferson in New Orleans, Louisiana, US Video Recording Date/Time: January 21, 2025 at about 10:30h A major winter storm hit the US Gulf Coast on Tuesday, January 21, dumping record-breaking snowfall.