Louisiana DOTD officials have closed a large part of interstate 10 due to the icy conditions on the road. DOTD says that I-10 is closed in both directions from the Louisiana-Texas state line to Baton Rouge.

Roads in the Baton Rouge area have been forced to close due to heavy snow from the winter storm. Weather advisories are in place and several parishes have announced curfews while there is snow on the ground.

Frigid temperatures Wednesday on the heels of a rare winter blizzard covering most of the Gulf Coast make closures likely to continue over the next couple of days in the Capital Region. Locally, portions of Interstates 10,

Baton Rouge Community College and Southern University are also staying closed through Thursday, though classes will continue virtually. Many K-12 schools are continuing with limited schooling virtually, most often in the form of take-home print work or do-on-your-own lessons posted online.

Snow started falling on Monday across the Lone Star State because it wasn’t until Tuesday that records across the Gulf Coast were smashed. New Orleans officially recorded 8" of snow with plenty of reports of 8-12" around the Big Easy.

The Baton Rouge Fire Department responds to a house fire on Slate Street. Mike the Tiger playing in the snow on Tuesday, January 21. Johnny Ahysen has the latest on road closures and conditions due to the weather.

Baton Rouge is now estimated to get 6 to 7 inches of snow Tuesday, and because temperatures may not get above freezing on Wednesday, it could stick around.