It’s quite a sight in south Alabama: palm trees blowing in the wind, with snow down below. Alabama’s beaches have transformed into a winter wonderland as the white stuff touched down Tuesday in Gulf Shores,

Seeing snow, and this much of it at that is a weather miracle for Lafayette, Chalmette, and Gulf Shores, Alabama. The Gulf Coast is seeing record-breaking snowfall across the board that people will reminisce about in the years to come.

Plenty of snow is expected Tuesday in Pensacola, all across Northwest Florida and all along the Gulf Coast's Panhandle.

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.

A record-setting winter storm is pushing east this morning after blanketing much of the Gulf Coast in snow and freezing temperatures. The weather grounded flights in states like Texas and Florida on Tuesday.

Historic snowfall is burying parts of the Gulf Coast from southeast Texas through Louisiana and into parts of Mississippi and Alabama. The winter weather is contributing to dangerous conditions and disrupting travel,