Today’s top weather news: Blizzard warning issued for Gulf Coast as fires break out in California

FOX Weather has you covered with the latest weather forecasts and weather news headlines for your weather across America Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.

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Blizzard warning issued in Texas, Louisiana as winter storm sweeps across the South

A powerful and dangerous winter storm is sweeping across the South, bringing heavy snow and hazardous travel conditions to Houston and other cities along the Interstate 10 corridor.

A blizzard warning has been issued for parts of southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana due to snow and gusty winds. The FOX Forecast Center says this is the first blizzard warning ever issued for Louisiana.

Follow the winter storm here.

This graphic shows active winter weather advisories, including a blizzard warning, for Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

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New wildfires break out in Southern California

At least three new wildfires broke out in Southern California overnight and Tuesday morning amid another round of dangerous Santa Ana winds that triggered “Extremely Hazardous Situation” fire weather warnings on Monday.

Crews are currently working to contain and extinguish the Lilac Fire, the Pala Fire and the Riverview Fire, and some evacuations have been ordered as the flames spread.

This photo shows flames from the Lilac Fire in Southern California.

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Polar vortex tightens grip on US as life-threatening temperatures, chills continue

A dangerous and potentially life-threatening stretch of cold weather has much of the United States on high alert as a lobe of the polar vortex invades the nation, sending temperatures to levels not seen in years.

These temperatures are without a doubt the coldest of the winter so far and in many cases the coldest this year. Combined with a brutal wind coolingit will only increase the extreme danger associated with the cold.

This graphic shows cold weather warnings in effect through Wednesday.

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