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

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Safety is beginning to plow snow off roads. However, many major roads are iced over.

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.

A rare winter storm has hit the southern United States bringing widespread snowfall to areas like Louisiana that hadn't seen snow in years.

Many kids experienced their first snowfall, waking up early to build snowmen, have snowball fights, make snow angels, and go sledding on the levee.

Snowfall totals across the southern half of the state continued to increase in Monday forecasts to what could be record-breaking levels. Here's what to know for the New Orleans metro, the northshore,