Thousands of miles of coastline between Texas and Florida were buffeted by powerful snowstorms over the past few days, with many locations across the Gulf Coast seeing record-breaking snowfall. Some areas in Louisiana and Alabama saw over 11 inches of snow,

A brutal winter storm has crippled the southeast and left usually-warm residents under record-high amounts of snow.

For the first time in decades, parts of the Gulf Coast are blanketed in snow. The unusual sight has folks in places like Florida out shoveling — or at least trying to.