The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says Interstate 10 has reopened from the Texas/Louisiana line to U.S. 165 near Iowa, Louisiana, east

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.

Meteorologist Ashley Renee has your 8:15 am forecast. Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday! Hopefully you all enjoyed the “sneaux” day. It was a beautiful sight to see. The first snow flurries started late Monday night and quickly transitioned to all snow a couple of hours before sunrise.

Officials urged residents to stay off the road Wednesday, when dangerous conditions like black ice could occur.

Snow flurries are continuing to rain down in Louisiana as inches of snow pile up on the ground across the state, already exceeding some previous predictions for the maximum amounts

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A blizzard warning was issued for southwest Louisiana Tuesday morning as a strong line of snow moved into the state from the west.

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.

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

What this means for P.O. Box Customers in Louisiana is this. In order to receive a shipment from UPS you will have to provide a specific shipping address. It must be a physical location as shipping to a PO Box is no longer allowed.

The South was still digging out Wednesday from a historic winter storm that shut down interstate systems, airports and schools, covered palm trees and beaches with snow and left at least five people dead in Texas.