A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

WASHINGTON – Southern California’s ongoing wildfires — which so far have killed 27 and burned down at least 10,000 homes — are expected to need billions of dollars in disaster

In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.

A dangerous winter storm sweeping across the South has prompted Blizzard Warnings for portions of Texas and Louisiana, new wildfires have erupted in Southern California, and the polar vortex continues to tighten its grip across the U.

More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

The devastation caused by Southern California wildfires has uprooted entire communities, leaving some Louisiana natives directly in the path of destruction. Dillon Couvillon, originally from Port Allen, lives in West Hollywood, just seven blocks from the flames. He described the scene as something out of a nightmare.

Snow covered the white-sand beaches of normally sunny vacation spots, including Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola Beach, Florida. The heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hitting parts of the Deep South came as a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

A Louisiana native now living in Los Angeles shared how he and others have stepped in to help those in need. Jalen St. Romain, better known as “DJ Noodlez,” a native of the Shreveport, Bossier City area moved to Los Angeles 2 years ago.

Southern California lawmakers on both sides of the aisle largely agree: No conditions on wildfire aid. The nearly 30 House members who represent communities in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties are far and away against imposing any conditions on federal aid for California to help in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.

The Gilman Fire broke out in the La Jolla neighborhood today, while a brush fire at the border with Mexico, has engulfed 20 acres. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Firefighters are battling a new brush fire that erupted in San Diego County near the U.S.-Mexico border, as they also race to contain the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake.