Interstate 10 reopened to westbound traffic from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, the Department of Transportation and Development announced mid-afternoon Wednesday. The update comes after a historic winter storm brought several inches of snow to the gulf coast and shut down most of I-10 between Texas and Mississippi.

Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.

The storm blanketed south Louisiana with 4 to 8 inches of snow, with a few areas experiencing up to 12 inches. Temperatures reached as low as the single digits.

A storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.

The latest on the once-in-a-generation winter system off of the Gulf of Mexico from the southernmost Blizzard Warning ever issued to near-record snowfall.

Some areas of New Orleans and Houston got more than four inches of snow Tuesday morning in a historic winter storm hitting the south.

Westbound I-10 from I-49 to the Texas state line is now open to traffic, after being closed due to hazardous road conditions brought on by Tueaday’s snowstorm.

3-Point Goals_Texas St. 6-11 (Dawson 3-5, Benson 2-2, O'Garro 1-3, Pope 0-1), Louisiana-Lafayette 5-21 (Fields 2-3, Ratliff 1-1, Hardy 1-3, Ky.Davis 1-4, White 0-2, Wright 0-3, Garnett 0-5).

Cook 2-4 1-2 5, El Moutaouakkil 1-8 10-12 12, Garnett 1-8 2-2 4, Hardy 5-11 4-6 15, Ky.Davis 2-6 0-0 5, Wright 2-5 5-6 9, Ratliff 4-6 0-0 9, Fields 2-4 1-2 7, White 2-4 0-0 4, Evans 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 22-57 25-32 74.

Pope 6-11 13-14 25, Turner 0-1 1-2 1, Benson 2-3 3-3 9, Dawson 4-6 2-2 13, O'Garro 4-7 8-10 17, Gumbs 4-5 4-4 12, Green 5-6 2-4 12, Deer 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-39 33-39 89.

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

Tragic incident on Louisiana Highway 98 claims life of 63-year-old Church Point resident in collision with 18-wheeler.