New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Florida is a winter escape, but for the next few days much of it will have below-freezing nights and the Tampa Bay area might even see snowflakes for the first time in over a decade.

The Midwest and South have been getting major winter storms for several days, and a giant cyclone forecast in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to pull that cold weather east as a powerful blizzard this weekend. The worst seems to be heading toward the Carolinas, but the Sunshine State is preparing for winter weather.

Florida could experience record cold

Ana Torres-Vazquez, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Miami, said that a cold front earlier this week has already caused temperatures to dip, but the region could experie...