The city of Pensacola has committed $100,000 to launch a homeless youth program in partnership with the Children’s Home Society of Florida to provide critical resources to help homeless youth.
"Not your typical beach day! Our lifeguard tower is trading sunshine for snowflakes. Stay warm, everyone!" Tybee Island Ocean Rescue posted on social media.
Santa Rosa County outages climbed slightly to 2,356. FPL working to restore power to 2,000+ customers in Santa Rosa Approximately 2,280 Florida Power & Light customers were without power as of approximately 6:30 p.
The Pensacola area is forecast to receive between 4 to 6 inches of snow, but the National Weather Service says areas south of I-10 could see more.
The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."
Snowing on the beach in Florida? See a photo gallery of the unprecedented amount of snow that fell on northern Florida on Tuesday.
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.
including the Mobile metro area. Moderate to heavy snow across coastal Alabama should taper off to flurries between 4-6 p.m., but continue across the western Florida Panhandle until between 6-8 p.m. This will include the Pensacola metro area over to Destin.
Climatologically, it is not supposed to snow in South Florida. The laid-back tropics are a region constantly gaining energy from the sun, and with Florida's temperatures moderated by warm water on three sides, snow is unusual even in the northern reaches of the state.
Pace, Florida, had 1.2 inches of snow on Jan. 16-17, 2018 The National Weather Service Mobile/Pensacola office reported ... in the same winter in Mobile, Alabama, which saw an inch of snow.
While local officials urged drivers to stay off the roads, nothing was going to keep Pensacolians from enjoying a rare snow day.
As of Wednesday morning, Mobile, Alabama, recorded a total of 7.5 inches of snow, surpassing the previous record of 3.6 inches set in 1973. Pensacola got a record 7.6 inches of snow, beating its previous record of 3 inches reported in 1895, according to USA Today.