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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeff Martin

Once-in-a-lifetime southern snow eclipses records that stood for decades

APTOPIX Winter Blasts Weather - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Sun-soaked Florida and other southern towns appear to have shattered snowfall records in what many are calling a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness sandy snowscapes on beaches, of all places.

So much of the white stuff piled up across the South that snowballs flew on Bourbon Street in New Orleans and children and parents who don’t own sleds used inflatable alligators, laundry baskets and yoga mats to slide down snow-covered Mississippi River levees.

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