India, Jan. 23 -- January 21, 2025, marked an unprecedented weather event as the first-ever blizzard warning was issued for the Gulf Coast of the United States. The severe unprecedented snowstorm, named 'Enzo,' was driven by an unusually strong and stretched out Arctic polar vortex, and has left meteorologists and climate scientists astounded by its intensity and reach.

The storm follows closely on the heels of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles city, which were fuelled by 'hydro-climate whiplash'.

The snowstorm and severe winter weather in the southeast US contrast sharply with the rest of the world, which is experiencing higher-than-average minimum and maximum temperatures.

Snow accumulation, including on beaches, shattered long-...