Many roadways were impassable, classes were canceled in local schools and many businesses could not open as a winter storm essentially brought New Orleans to a standstill.

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 New Orleans International Airport, the storm dropped 8 inches of snow, demolishing the previous record of 2.7 inches set on New Year's Eve 1963. Unofficial measurements across the city reported accumulations as high as 11 inches in some areas.

New Orleans metro needs another day to thaw out after a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm blanketed the area in 10 inches of snow. Why it matters: State and local leaders are asking residents to stay off the roads Thursday while they're being cleared.

New Orleans can be described in a lot of ways: fun, wild, crazy. But today, Tuesday, January 21, 2025, New Orleans can officially be described as a WINTER WONDERLAND!