It was so cold across Florida on Thursday morning that temperatures in at least four cities were colder than in Alaska, but a desperately needed warmup was on the way for millions of Americans in the South following a deadly winter storm unmatched in decades.

Florida residents in four locations woke to very chilly temps. It was 25 in Tallahassee at 6 a.m. By comparison, it was 41 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Temperatures plunged below freezing across parts of northern Florida on Wednesday, with some areas even dipping into the teens, making parts of the Sunshine State colder than Anchorage, Alaska. Millions of people are facing frigid temperatures through this week.

A major winter storm slammed the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, blanketing parts of a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather with record-breaking snowfall.

On Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Tallahassee, Florida, posted a satellite image to X (formerly Twitter) that was taken around 9:50 a.m. local time. The image, which NWS Tallahassee called a "historic," showed snowfall throughout the Florida panhandle, as well as in Alabama and Georgia.

Anchorage saw slight population growth in 2024, which was the first time the city’s population grew since 2016.

New Orleans has received more than twice the snowfall as Anchorage this winter — underscoring Southcentral Alaska’s meager snow season as much as the rare winter storm that pummelled that subtropical Louisiana city this week.

And this week, the week of Monday, Jan. 13, kicked off with cold rain for most of north Florida. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, it was actually warmer in Anchorage, Alaska than it was in some parts of Florida in the early morning hours. Six Florida cities were ...

The largest populated city in Alaska is still recovering from the hurricane-force winds that battered homes and infrastructure on Sunday, leaving thousands without power.

Warmer temperatures are finally peaking over the horizon in Northwest Florida, but it's still going to be cold.

The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012. Under pressure from Congress, the Coast Guard purchased the vessel late last year.

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy. From Texas through the Deep South,