The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday.
High winds and reduced visibility led the National Weather Service to issue warnings along some parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast. Travel could be "dangerous or impossible."
The snow storm could hit over a dozen states through Wednesday, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
A winter storm prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is causing dangerous conditions from Texas to North Carolina.
Storm Enzo has severely impacted airports across several states, leading to the closure of airports in Houston and Jacksonville.
The ban doesn’t apply to federal waters off the Louisiana coast, but state Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging the action she calls “blatantly illegal.”
A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.
Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.
At least two people are reported dead in Houston as a winter storm system disrupted much of the Gulf Coast and other parts of the nation on Tuesday, causing billions in economic losses.
More than 170 million people across the United States, from the Mexican border to the Canadian border are under cold weather alerts ahead of a crippling winter storm expected to sweep through the south from Texas to Georgia,
President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.