The mayor brought with him words of support for FEMA, an agency President Donald Trump talked about shutting down and recently issued orders for a commission to investigate.

Though NWS forecasters are still collecting official snowfall counts, these reports give a good look at just how much snow Louisiana saw.

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.

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

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.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the state is facing potential record snowfall that could close Mississippi River bridges from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

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,

A National Weather Service office in Louisiana issued its first-ever blizzard warning on Tuesday amid snow and strong winds.

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.

NEW ORLEANS — A rare winter storm dropped historic levels of snow across Louisiana. Here is a list of bridges, roadways and Interstates that are open. Drivers should avoid being on the roadways if travel is not absolutely necessary, DOTD said.

A winter storm system pummeled south Louisiana with frigid winds and freezing temperatures Tuesday as snow blanketed New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette.

The Archbishop of New Orleans has dismissed Second Harvest Food Bank’s leadership after the nonprofit refused to contribute $16 million toward the Archdiocese’s bankruptcy claims related to sexual abuse victims.