Rare snowstorm blankets Houston and New Orleans

Storm drops rare snow — and lots of it — on New Orleans and other cities across the South
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.
Snow in New Orleans?: What to know about a rare winter storm through the South
A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
Rare snowstorm blankets Houston and New Orleans in white
A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, breaking snowfall records more than a century old in a southern region where flurries are unusual, as much of the United States remained in a dangerous deep freeze.
Frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle
As heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the Deep South, a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.
Snowball fights on Bourbon Street? New Orleans enjoys rare snow as Louisiana hit by winter storm
By noon, the National Weather Service had reported about 4 inches of snow in New Orleans. The storm prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border, and snow plows were at the ready in the Florida Panhandle, according to the Associated Press.
Snow blankets New Orleans, shattering record set in 1963
The scene along Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on Tuesday was surreal. Palm trees swayed in the wind amid falling snow and near-blizzard conditions, with wind gusts exceeding 45 mph.
Snow in New Orleans: Watch live camera of rare weather event
ATLANTA — A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
Rare Gulf Coast heavy snow to set records in Houston, New Orleans
A once-in-a-generation snowstorm, tied to the polar vortex event across the Lower 48 states, was plastering the Gulf Coast with record-setting snow and ice on Tuesday.Why it matters: This region isn't equipped to cope with heavy snow,
Major winter storm that dumped record-breaking snow on New Orleans is now moving into Florida and the Carolinas
Dangerous below-freezing temperatures with even colder wind chills were also expected to last over much of the week in the ...
Gulf Coast, including Houston and New Orleans, expected to be buried by historic snowstorm
A historic winter storm is expected to bring rare heavy snowfall and ice to states along the Gulf Coast and could impact as ...
Breaking down the historic winter system impacting the Gulf Coast from Houston to New Orleans
The latest on the once-in-a-generation winter system off of the Gulf of Mexico from the southernmost Blizzard Warning ever ...
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Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
Historic snowfall is burying parts of the Gulf Coast amid dangerous cold as a once-in-a-generation winter storm wreaks havoc ...
Winter storm spreads across the Deep South, creating icy danger and snowy fun
From Texas through the Deep South, down into Florida and to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, snow and sleet made for ...
Texas coastal resort city covered by ‘once in a lifetime’ snow in US South
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen ...