The storm that struck New Orleans this week left the Gulf Coast city under twice as much snow as Anchorage, Alaska has received in nearly two months. "New Orleans, we'd like our snow back," the NWS Anchorage office said.
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.
A cold front is bringing freezing temperatures and hazardous conditions to millions across the country this month.
Peak gusts included 66 mph at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, 110 mph at Bear Valley and 107 mph at Arctic Valley.
The weather service warned of 30 to 45 mph winds, with gusts up to 80 mph, for higher elevations around Anchorage and Eagle River.
At the height of the storm, 17,500 Alaska residents were without power, according Chugach Electric Association.
This stretch of warm weather has been gripping the state since December, with little in the way of cold weather expected this week. While that has been the case as of late, many areas across the state have begun to see some much needed snowfall.
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.
This is the heroic moment the U.S. Coast Guard rescued two fishermen from a capsized boat in Alaska. The emergency responders saved the distressed anglers after their 58ft vessel, the Tanusha, overturned approximately 23 miles southeast of Kodiak on January 15.
Boston and the rest of New England have been dealing with well below-average temperatures, in some cases falling 20 degrees, as an expansive mass of Arctic air spreads across the eastern half of the United States. This cold surge is making our region this week feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska, which is topping out at 36 degrees.
An Arctic outbreak displaced from Alaska into the Eastern U.S. is expected to send overnight readings in the Berkshires to below zero Monday through Wednesday, with daytime highs struggling to