‘Once in a lifetime’ snow hits parts of the U.S. South
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was combining with a low-pressure system and chilly air to drop significant amounts of snow in some spots.
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Much of Acadiana, including Lafayette, was under Blizzard Warning for first time ever
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... .A coastal low moving across the northern Gulf of Mexico is producing periods of visibility reducing heavy snow a
Mexican president says the world will still call the gulf the Gulf of Mexico
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.
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‘Efforts already underway' to implement renaming of Denali, Gulf of Mexico
The Department of the Interior says they're moving quickly to implement President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Here's how Lafayette Parish decides winter weather school closures: 'It's all about safety'
The Lafayette Parish School System monitors several issues when deciding whether to close schools in the event of severe weather, but safety is the No. 1 priority, said spokesperson Tracy Wirtz. "We want folks to know this is very much on our radar,
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Why are we seeing heavy snow in south Louisiana? It's about timing and the 'polar vortex.'
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.
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Southern Louisiana gets first-ever blizzard warning
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.
Breaking down the historic winter system impacting the Gulf Coast from Houston to New Orleans
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.
Mexico’s president amused by Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has an answer for President Donald Trump about his idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America:” he can call it whatever he wants on the American part of it.
College Basketball Schedule
Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.
Women's College Basketball Schedule
Jan. 27
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'Father of Cajun Cinema' screenings at Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival in Lafayette
Special opportunity to view long-lost Cajun films by Glen Pitre at the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival in Lafayette.