The American Airlines plane that went down in the Potomac River on Wednesday night flew through Huntsville almost two weeks ago.

Days after a winter storm dropped ice and record-breaking snow, cleanup efforts were underway Thursday in several major Southern cities such as New Orleans, where crews were removing snow the same way they remove trash,

The rare deep freeze in the wake of an historic winter storm that swept across the U.S. South this week will linger through Sunday, leaving the region in the grip of extreme cold and ice and creating dangerous driving conditions.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle,

Nearly 2,000 flights into and out of states impacted by Winter Storm Enzo have been cancelled today, as this rare storm batters the South with snow, ice and frigid cold.

According to Weather.com , Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, recorded record snow totals with 7.5 inches and 7.6 inches, respectively, while Baton Rouge reported 7.6 inches, New Orleans eight inches and Lafayette nine inches.

Weather forecasters and public agencies issued health and power loss warnings Tuesday as a “rare winter storm" gripped parts of the southern and eastern United States."A bitterly cold airmass will remain in place for much of the South and eastern U.

NEW ORLEANS — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

Snow covered the white-sand beaches of normally sunny vacation spots, including Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola Beach, Florida. The heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hitting parts of the Deep South came as a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

A major winter storm blankets the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall, causing widespread closures and travel disruptions from Texas to Florida.

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. ( WFSB /Gray News) – A Republic Airways flight aborted its landing at Washington, D.C., on Tuesday evening after air traffic control issued a warning about a nearby helicopter.