Collin Arnold, the city’s Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness director, urged residents to stay home and off the roads after a historic winter storm on Tuesday dumped half a foot or more of snow around New Orleans, blanketing roads and forcing mass closures of businesses, schools and government buildings.

A drinking water pump station on Claiborne Avenue went offline briefly Monday morning due to a pipe freeze, said Steve Nelson, superintendent of the Sewerage & Water Board. Additional heaters have been deployed there.

New Orleans halted recycling collections as the city digs itself out from record snow fall. Here's what to know about pickup times.

New Orleans will have a new mayor next year, and we continue to get a better idea of who that may be as candidates announce their plans. Why it matters: Mayor LaToya Cantrell is term-limited and leaves office in January 2026.

The gap between the formal security plan on paper and the reality on the ground is raising questions about how fully engaged city officials were in formulating, vetting and executing their agreed upon playbook for one of the busiest nights of the year in the French Quarter.

The storm that struck New Orleans this week left the Gulf Coast city under twice as much snow as Anchorage, Alaska has received in nearly two months. "New Orleans, we'd like our snow back," the NWS Anchorage office said.

New Orleans officials will deploy stiffer barriers on some downtown roadways ahead of the the big game in February after an attacker barreled down Bourbon Street on New Year's Day, killing 14 people.

The rare blizzard forced many New Orleans businesses to shut down, including these two food delivery companies.

New Orleans suspended citywide trash and recycling collections due to the thick layer of snow blanketing the city. Here's the new schedule.

New Orleans residents got to witness a rare snowfall due to Winter Storm Enzo. The storm did halt much of the activity across the Louisiana city, but many people did not miss out on the opportunity to experience the snow-clad streets.

Ahead of what would typically be a normal morning commute, the National Weather Service in New Orleans warned that travel was perilous as ice and snow still blanketed the area. Many roads and bridges remain closed.

A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, breaking snowfall records more than a century old in a southern region where flurries are unusual, as much of the United States remained in a dangerous deep freeze.