"Not your typical beach day! Our lifeguard tower is trading sunshine for snowflakes. Stay warm, everyone!" Tybee Island Ocean Rescue posted on social media.

Arctic air grips the central and eastern U.S., bringing record-breaking cold, dangerous wind chills, and historic snowfall. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, bringing the first-ever Blizzard Warning to the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-shattering snow that snarled travel and brought daily life to a halt.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

Florida saw the most snowfall in its history Tuesday, as a rare and deadly winter storm walloped the Gulf Coast and Southeast. The heaviest snow occurred around Pensacola, where 9 inches had fallen. That’s more than double the Sunshine State’s previous record.

A winter storm sweeping through the southern U.S. this week dumped snow at levels many in those regions have never seen before, but how does it compare to Chicago? The answer is surprising.

Pensacola beat the old record of 3 inches. Icy conditions will bring dangerous roads across the Panhandle and North Florida on Wednesday morning. The front loses its speed over the Peninsula. Here's your forecast.

From a snowy Bourbon Street in New Orleans to making a snowman on the beaches in Houston, check out the falling snow in our southern states.

New Orleans issued its first ever blizzard warning and got about eight inches of snow, shattering its previous record set in 1963.

A winter storm dumped snow from Texas into Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and even Florida Tuesday. More of the South is up next.

The dangerous winter storm has resulted in the deaths of at least 10 people across the U.S. and knocked out power for more than 120,000 customers in four states