Officials warned residents across the South that the effects of a major winter storm were not over, and that driving remained a hazard on roads frozen with slippery ice.

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and the coastal Carolinas on Wednesday after breaking snow records in Texas and Louisiana, treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy.

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen before.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the state is facing potential record snowfall that could close Mississippi River bridges from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

Though snow has stopped falling in Louisiana, continued freezing overnight temperatures mean residents should beware of black ice and fire hazards, Gov. Jeff Landry said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

Gov. Jeff Landry gave an update Tuesday about the severe winter weather that brought heavy snow to the state.