A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways, grounding nearly all flights and canceling school for millions of students more used to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida also under winter storm warnings: snow, sleet, freezing rain, icy conditions expected - Anadolu Ajansı

A major winter storm prompts blizzard warnings, dumping heavy snow and sleet in a region where even flurries are a rare sight.

Meteorologists say the last time a storm has dumped snow this far south was in 1960. WASHINGTON — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways,