Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.

Temperatures are expected to rise to the mid 40s to some 50s. We'll see mostly sunny skies. Tonight is clear skies with lows in the 20s and 30s.

The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday.

The new law, which took effect Jan. 1, could undergo revisions when lawmakers reconvene. At issue are provisions concerning menu and labeling requirements.

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

Southeast Louisiana received historic amounts of snowfall on Jan. 21 as a winter storm swept through the South. Find out Louisiana's snow totals here.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

NOLA Public Schools will be closed through Thursday. All FirstLine Schools will be closed Thur, Jan 23rd due to severe winter weather. This includes: Samuel J. Green Charter School, Arthur Ashe Charter School, Phillis Wheatley Community School, and Langston Hughes Academy.

The snowstorm currently lashing the Gulf Coast is being described as a once in a generation weather event, the National Weather Service said Monday.

The NWS issued a flood warning Thursday at about 9:45 a.m. Central time for the Sabine River near Deweyville, Texas, because of minor flooding and forecast minor flooding. The Sabine River forms the boundary between Texas and Louisiana.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Boil advisories have been issued in several Louisiana parishes following heavy snowfall, which caused plumbing line breaks and a drop in water pressure.