Lake Charles' lowest temperature on record is 3 degrees on Feb. 12, 1899. Records go back to 1895. We can thank clear skies, light wind and the snow for the frigid temperatures overnight.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued its first-ever blizzard warning for the Lake Charles area early on Tuesday.Footage from Chad Casey shows snow falling on palm trees in Lake Charles on Monday night.

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.

Schools are closed, snow is falling in places where it usually doesn't and freezing temperatures are sweeping across the South as a winter storm tracks across states including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,

Dangerous cold temperatures remained across Oklahoma, with the lowest temperatures in nearly four years hitting the state.

Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts as a rare winter storm amid bone-chilling temperatures brings potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh, cold weather. Here’s what’s happening now:

I MEAN, YOU RECOGNIZE THIS IS HEAVIER SNOW AND THIS IS A BAND GOING UP TOWARD MOBILE, ALABAMA RIGHT NOW. IT EXTENDS BACK TOWARD LAKE CHARLES. I WIDEN OUT THE VIEW AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE AMOUNTS HERE.

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast left New Orleans and Houston frozen Tuesday.

ATLANTA — A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

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.

The latest forecast shows the potential for at least 3 inches of snow in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, Louisiana; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Macon, Georgia; Montgomery, Alabama and Houston ...