Coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle enjoyed a rare southern snowstorm Tuesday that delighted children with snow angels and powdery play in a scene felt plucked from a Hallmark Christmas movie. But the joy of tramping through fresh snow quickly gave way Wednesday to the icy realization that roads remain impassable,

Areas throughout Alabama experience heavy snow amid an record-breaking historic winter storm spread across in the Southern U.S.

Snow was falling in New Orleans, where as much as 8 inches were expected to accumulate by the end of the day, threatening to tie a record set in 1895.