Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) is back open after being closed from 8 p.m. Tuesday night until noon Wednesday because of winter storm conditions.
From Houston to Jacksonville, a winter storm of snow and ice is spreading through states along the Gulf of Mexico and into Northeast Florida. Jacksonville International Airport will be closed Tuesday as a result.
A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.
For the first time in more than a third of a century, Jacksonville International Airport recorded measurable snow on Wednesday.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. due to the incoming winter storm, the airport announced in a post on X Tuesday afternoon. The airport said it will close following its last departure, which will be "at approximately 8 p.m." Tuesday.
Snow fell in Houston and prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border.
Dangerous below-freezing temperatures with even colder wind chills were also expected to last over much of the week in the region. Authorities say three people have died in the cold weather.
Just how much snow & freezing rain fell in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia? A look inside the numbers from the Jacksonville-area winter storm.
For the first time in more than a third of a century, Jacksonville International Airport recorded measurable snow on Wednesday, courtesy of the winter storm that temporarily transformed parts of ...
Dangerous below-freezing temperatures with even colder wind chills were also expected to last over much of the week in the region.
A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, bringing the first-ever Blizzard Warning to the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-shattering snow that snarled travel and brought daily life to a halt.
Florida saw the most snowfall in its history Tuesday, as a rare and deadly winter storm walloped the Gulf Coast and Southeast. The heaviest snow occurred around Pensacola, where 9 inches had fallen. That’s more than double the Sunshine State’s previous record.