The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA, issued a blizzard warning about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 for Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. It is the first blizzard warning ever issued by the Lake Charles weather service office.

Instead of coming from the West Coast or diving in from the northern Great Plains, this one comes from the Gulf of Mexico. I know what you’re thinking: “How can there be a winter storm from a place with warm moist air?

The latest on the once-in-a-generation winter system off of the Gulf of Mexico from the southernmost Blizzard Warning ever issued to near-record snowfall.

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 prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is causing dangerous conditions from Texas to North Carolina.

A record-setting snowstorm along the Gulf Coast has Louisiana officials worried people unaccustomed to the cold might overreact in ways that could get them killed. Hence, a strange warning was issued during the storm: Don’t invite alligators, bears and other wildlife into your home.

After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly jumped on the idea. But actually making

Houston-based operator Talos Energy says it has found “commercial quantities” of oil and gas at its second exploration well in the Katmai West field in the US Gulf of Mexico’s Ewing Bank area.

Feeding Northeast Florida has shared its response to the ongoing winter storms and how it plans on still operating for the community.

Particularly in Louisiana, Mississippi ... is to use telemedicine — but it’s currently not available in the Gulf South.

But the U.S. stance has shifted, too. By Simon Romero Reporting from Mexico City For the second time in less than decade, Mexico is preparing to negotiate with President-elect Donald J.