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

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state officials held a news briefing on Wednesday to update residents on the unprecedented weather event and its ongoing challenges.

Snow is covering Southwest Louisiana as Winter Storm Enzo brings an Arctic chill through the south.Tuesday was been the third largest snowfall event in Lake Charles’ recorded history, with an unofficial National Weather Service measurement of 4.

The rare winter storm that is hitting the southern portion of the United States became historic Tuesday morning when the Lake Charles National Weather Service office issued its first-ever blizzard warning.

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.

Louisiana isn’t known for extreme cold weather—but that changed Tuesday, when the National Weather Service issued its first-ever blizzard warning for much of the state.

The four corners of Louisiana – from Shreveport to Monroe and Lake Charles to New Orleans – were preparing Sunday for an unprecedented winter storm.

Aside from a water system failure in Lafayette, most of the state’s public utilities faired well Tuesday as a blizzard covered southern Louisiana, but things could change.

Heavy snow fell across Louisiana on Tuesday morning, January 21, prompting major road closures across the state.This footage from live traffic cameras shows conditions on roads around Lake Charles and Sulphur.

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's electric grid is struggling with mounting reliability issues and rising consumer costs as the state grapples with extreme weather and escalating electricity consumption, according to

Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter complained to the board of a nonprofit that works with at-risk youth after its director criticized the city and school system on social media.