The snowstorm currently lashing the Gulf Coast is being described as a once in a generation weather event, the National Weather Service said Monday.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.

Interstate 10 reopened to westbound traffic from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, the Department of Transportation and Development announced mid-afternoon Wednesday. The update comes after a historic winter storm brought several inches of snow to the gulf coast and shut down most of I-10 between Texas and Mississippi.

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The move would add some big-state momentum to a trend started by Louisiana last year with a law that is blocked in court but has other states looking at similar proposals. Texas Lt. Gov.

The NWS issued a flood warning Thursday at about 9:45 a.m. Central time for the Sabine River near Deweyville, Texas, because of minor flooding and forecast minor flooding. The Sabine River forms the boundary between Texas and Louisiana.

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Over 10 inches of snow has been reported in Louisiana as a historic, unprecedented snowstorm slams the South. The snow is falling across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, bringing many roads to a standstill.

A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.

A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.

Less than a week after a winter storm buried portions of the Deep South in snow, a series of non-wintry storms are going to bring heavy rain and potential flooding to some of the same areas. The systems will bring a flash flood threat to parts of Texas,