Rare snowfall blanketed Orange Beach in Alabama. Footage shows the unusual winter spectacle, with the sandy shores covered in fresh ice on Tuesday,1. Reports have described the scene as 'history in the making'.

Many people who don’t normally get to experience snow found unique ways to enjoy the rare sight this week as a historic winter storm moved across the South.

It's been a while since it last snowed in Mobile, but snow is in the forecast for the city on Tuesday, and a winter storm watch is in effect. The photo above is from the Mobile office of the National Weather Service from a rare south Alabama snow in December of 1996. Joe Maniscalco/National Weather Service

A historic winter storm in south Alabama on Tuesday broke Mobile’s 130-year-old snowfall record and brought a rarely seen covering of snow to the beaches of Gulf Shores. But while it gave folks in Mobile an exceedingly uncommon opportunity to build snowmen,

The NCAA championships for beach volleyball are changing locations due to the impact of the Southern California wildfires.

A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 7:06 a.m. for dense fog until 10 a.m. for Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence and Cullman counties.

A hint of spring will be in the air across Alabama over the next week. The National Weather Service on Wednesday morning said warmer temperatures are in store for the state over the next week, and it could even begin to feel a little spring-like in some areas with a nice southerly breeze.

The dubbed "once-in-a-generation" snowstorm that hit Alabama transformed Orange Beach into a winter wonderland. Just after the snowstorm hit the Gulf Coast, the City of Orange Beach took to Instagram to share a video of the unique weather.

Soon, we will find out if we will have six more weeks of winter on February 2 for Groundhog Day. I hope he doesn’t see his shadow so we can have an early spring. According to The Weather Channel, “The weak La Niña that peaked in January will continue to leave its impression on the temperature outlook for the last month of winter as it begins to subside.

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Observed at 02:00, Monday 27 January BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are China Standard Time (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8) unless otherwise stated.