Snow flurries are continuing to rain down in Louisiana as inches of snow pile up on the ground across the state, already exceeding some previous predictions for the maximum amounts

A rare winter storm has hit the southern United States bringing widespread snowfall to areas like Louisiana that hadn't seen snow in years.

Snowfall totals across the southern half of the state continued to increase in Monday forecasts to what could be record-breaking levels. Here's what to know for the New Orleans metro, the northshore,