The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.

Sun-soaked Florida and other parts of the South appear to have shattered snowfall records in what many are calling a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness sandy snowscapes on beaches, of all places. Some of the heaviest snowfall totals around the South were in the Sunshine state.

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

A snowstorm of historic proportions walloped the Gulf Coast this week, delivering travel-snarling snow from Texas to the Carolinas and breaking records that have stood for more than a century. At least nine people have died across the central and eastern United States,

Portions of Florida are under a rare winter storm warning with multiple inches of snow projected to fall on Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. The winter storm moving through the southern regions of Texas, Louisiana and Alabama has brought snow to the Sunshine State. Snow began to fall near Pensacola on Tuesday afternoon.