North Florida residents from Pensacola to Jacksonville are bracing for what is expected to be a historic, once-in-a-lifetime winter storm.

The heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hitting parts of the Deep South came as a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern US into a deep freeze.

A major winter storm slammed the southern US Tuesday, blanketing parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.

While there is snow in North Florida, West Palm weather forecast shows wind chill temperatures on Friday in the upper 30s in County.

Forecasters said it was too early to tell whether the ice and snow would approach or beat Tallahassee’s all-time snowfall record of 2.8 inches set in 1958.

Around 40 million people in the U.S. are under a winter storm warning from an unusual blast of severe winter weather.

Per Florida Highway Patrol, I-10 from mile marker 5 to mile marker 31 is CLOSED. The Barrancas Avenue Bayou Chico Bridge was closed in both directions at 4:58 p.m. because of ice, according the Florida Department of Transportation.

A historic Gulf Coast winter storm brings blizzard conditions, power outages and travel chaos to a region unprepared for snow and ice.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Many TV20 viewers shared photos and videos after a winter storm moved through the Southeast impacting North Central Florida. Some videos show snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the storm.

Floridians in the panhandle were treated to a rare snow day on Tuesday, but now that the snowmen have been built, the snow angels are silhouetted on the ground and the snowball fights have been waged,

In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns.