A rare and potentially historic winter storm is bringing heavy snow to Texas and the Gulf Coast while most of the country is facing dangerously cold temperatures from an arctic blast that arrived over the weekend.
US sees more than 2,000 flight cancelations after winter storm wallops nation leaving 220 million feeling the chill - Bitter cold temperatures and snowy weather conditions forced Texas airports to sus
Warnings issued across Gulf Coast as ‘historic’ storm pummels area with ice and snow - Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled as frigid winter weather bore down across Texas and southern states
A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast left New Orleans and Houston frozen Tuesday, closing highways, grounding nearly all flights and canceling school for millions of students more used to hurricane dismissals than snow days.
Millions of Americans face an artic blast, including the first-ever blizzard warning for parts of the Gulf Coast.
This winter's harshest arctic blast so far is coursing through Texas as the state is the worst in the world for flight cancellations.
The storm prompted the first-ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border, and snowplows were at the ready in the Florida Panhandle.
Flight cancellations are mounting as a historic winter storm sweeps across the Gulf Coast. Already, the storm has brought air traffic to a virtual standstill at several airports across parts of Texas and Louisiana.
All remaining flights are canceled for Tuesday at Augusta Regional Airport as a winter storm moves through the region.
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.