美國南部多個州罕有地遭受冬季風暴吹襲,至少12人死亡。
Here's a snow map for the history books.
— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) January 22, 2025
The Jan. 21-22, 2025 Gulf Coast blizzard produced 8 inches of snow or more in six states: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina.
There was a storm maximum of around a foot near New Orleans. pic.twitter.com/s91yvXewiP
氣象網站表示,路易斯安那州新奧爾良、亞拉巴馬州莫比爾、佛羅里達州彭薩科拉等多座城市的降雪量,都創歷史新高,其中新奧爾良遭遇1948年以來最大暴風雪,南部多個州宣布進入緊急狀態。
New Orleans, Louisiana has already received more than twice the amount of snow that Anchorage, Alaska, has seen since the start of meteorological winter.
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) January 22, 2025
A blizzard warning is now in effect for parts of southern Louisiana due to a historic and deadly winter storm that spanned… pic.twitter.com/zeL8AhB92r
在佛羅里達州西部的米爾頓鎮,降雪量近23厘米,可能打破紀錄。官員說,自2014年以來都未見過雪花,當地缺少除雪機,大部分居民甚至沒有雪鏟。
在沿墨西哥灣地區,冰雪天氣導致多個主要機場航班大量取消,近30條州際公路交通中斷,中小學、政府機構和大量商店餐館暫停營業。
🇺🇸 New Orleans Snow Storm
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) January 21, 2025
What has been described as an exceptionally rare “Double Polar Vortex” begins creating havoc across America. pic.twitter.com/jwcnxMFijZ
得州一條高速公路發生交通意外,5人死亡,另外有兩人因嚴寒天氣喪生。阿拉巴馬州和佐治亞州亦有報告關於天氣嚴寒導致的死亡事件。

其中新奧爾良遭遇1948年以來最大暴風雪,南部多個州宣布進入緊急狀態。X圖片
國家氣象局表示,大約3800 萬人處於冬季風暴和極度寒冷警告下。