The Florida Parishes, on the east side of the Mississippi River—an area also known as the Northshore or Northlake region—are eight parishes in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Jan 21, 2025 · A rare and deadly winter storm descended across the southern U.S. on Tuesday, leaving some record-setting snow totals and halting travel for millions of Americans in Louisiana, Texas and Florida ...

Feb 16, 2024 · Wedged between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi state line, the area of Louisiana known as the Florida Parishes has lived under Choctaw, French (1717–1763), British (1763–1779), and Spanish (1779–1810) rule.

The Republic of West Florida (Spanish: República de Florida Occidental, French: République de Floride occidentale), officially the State of Florida, was a short-lived republic in the western region of Spanish West Florida for just over 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 months during 1810.

Florida Parishes is a region in the eastern part of Louisiana, running from the east bank of the Mississippi River to the Mississippi state line. It includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and the area on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, just north of Greater New Orleans.

Jan 21, 2025 · The National Weather Service’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, office issued its first-ever blizzard warning Tuesday. The NWS’ Mobile office reposted video on X of two people having a snowball fight in Orange Beach, Alabama, just steps from the Gulf of Mexico. ... It appeared Florida had broken its state snowfall record of 4 inches, set in Milton ...

Florida Parishes is a region in the eastern part of Louisiana, running from the east bank of the Mississippi River to the Mississippi state line. It includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and the area on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, just north of Greater New Orleans. Photo: getmahesh, CC BY-SA 2.0. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Jun 3, 2022 · I've always followed the weather and weather patterns since college, but never knew/understood why there were Parishes in Louisiana referred to as "the Florida Parishes". This article explains the reasons and does it in such a way …

Louisiana's Florida Parishes includes diverse cultures who maintain foodways, ritual, music and occupational traditions.

Jan 19, 2024 · The land that lies above Lake Pontchartrain, and between the Mississippi and Pearl Rivers, is often referred to as the "Florida Parishes," because it was part of Florida before it ever became part of Louisiana.