New Orleans Gets Rare Snow Flurries

NEW ORLEANS, LA — It's a rare sight in downtown New Orleans — snow flurries.

Cold rain and sleet fell through much of Friday and snow was part of the mix at times. Temperatures in the city were expected to hover above freezing so no accumulation of snow was expected.

The winter weather was complicating travel in and around the city.

Police organized motorists in slow-moving convoys to prevent accidents on the weather-slick 24-mile long causeway bridge that links the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain to suburbs west of New Orleans.

AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis