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.

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.

He provided many updates on what the state is doing to weather the storm, including the fleet of snow plow trucks that are headed for our area as we speak. But if he had one message to hammer home it’s this: Stay Home.

WASHINGTON – Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is one of the few in Congress not hemming and hawing about President Donald Trump freeing the protestors who stormed the Capitol on Jan.

Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.

Meteorologist Ashley Renee has your 8:15 am forecast. Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday! Hopefully you all enjoyed the “sneaux” day. It was a beautiful sight to see. The first snow flurries started late Monday night and quickly transitioned to all snow a couple of hours before sunrise.

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

Last year's drought sent supplies of crawfish plummeting and prices skyrocketing, will the historical freeze have a similar effect on Louisiana's 2025 season?

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A blizzard warning was issued for southwest Louisiana Tuesday morning as a strong line of snow moved into the state from the west.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the state is facing potential record snowfall that could close Mississippi River bridges from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA, issued a blizzard warning about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 for Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. It is the first blizzard warning ever issued by the Lake Charles weather service office.

A winter storm brought snow and dangerous cold to Southwest Louisiana this week.As we get word of road closures, power outages, water outages, boil advisories, or other things you need to know, we will add them to this story.