We can buy bananas whenever we want now but for much of the 19th century, the fruit was a rare and luxurious treat. Thankfully for Alabama fruit-lovers, the first banana shipment pulled into Mobile Bay in 1893,

Alabama continued to deal with snow on the ground on Thursday, two days after a historic Gulf Coast snowstorm. About 3 inches of snow was left on the ground Thursday morning at the National Weather Service office in Mobile. That’s nothing compared with the 7.5 inches the office had at the peak of the storm on Tuesday.

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 National Weather Service had warned about a “significant” and “historic” snowstorm for south Alabama on Tuesday, and forecasters were right. Parts of south Alabama got record-setting amounts of snow on Tuesday. Mobile got 7.5 inches on Tuesday, which shattered its all-time record for snow, which had stood since 1895.

A major winter storm slammed the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, blanketing parts of a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather with record-breaking snowfall.

After three seasons with the Florida Gators, the former Port City prep star is returning to play in the annual all-star game.

Parts of the Gulf Coast measured a foot of snow on Tuesday. For many cities the totals obliterate long-standing snowfall records. Milton, Florida recorded 9 inches of snow which more than doubles

Meteorologists were left speechless Tuesday as record amounts of snow fell along the Gulf Coast. Here’s why it was so snowy.

The dangerous winter storm has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people across the U.S. and knocked out power for more than 120,000 customers in four states

Snowfall records were threatened, and in many cases broken, in states like Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

From snowball fights with nuns to Texas sledding and furry friends frolicking in the snow, see how people are reacting to winter weather in various parts of the U.S.