More winter weather leads to heavy snow, canceled flights and, in Florida, falling iguanas [View all]
Source: AP
By ADRIAN SAINZ Updated 3:34 PM CST, February 1, 2026
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still without power from last weekend’s ice storm in the South.
About 150 million people were under cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings ...............
The Tampa-St. Petersburg area in Florida saw snow flurries, while temperatures dropped to the 20s in the Panhandle and 30s in South Florida on Sunday morning, Mullinax said. That left cold-stunned iguanas lying prostrate and motionless on the ground. Iguanas in South Florida go dormant in the cold and though they usually wake when temperatures warm, the reptiles can die after more than a day of extreme cold.
The cold also left ice on strawberries and oranges in the state. Farmers in Florida sometimes spray water on fruit trees and berry plants to protect them from the cold.
A bomb cyclone hits
Meanwhile, the bomb cyclone, known to meteorologists as an intense, rapidly strengthening weather system, contributed to nearly a foot (30 centimeters) of snow in and around Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city. The snowfall represented a top-five snow event all time there, Mullinax said. ..................
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Jameson Thomas, left, and Kyle Hill bash and kick ice formations on blueberry plants at Southern Hill Farms in Clermont, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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