An Arctic blast storm has triggered a State of Emergency in Florida. As the winter storm approached, Gov. Ron DeSantis placed the emergency order into effect this week. The National Weather Service has confirmed this was a record-setting storm.

Pensacola awoke to subfreezing temperatures for the second day in a row as a “significant winter storm” began to roll into the area.

The snow storm could hit over a dozen states through Wednesday, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle,