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.

Hazardous travel conditions are expected early Tuesday across the San Antonio metro area, but snow and ice will likely melt by the afternoon.

"The roads could become hazardous beginning this afternoon. There’s going to be ice, there’s going to be snow..."

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast left New Orleans and Houston frozen Tuesday.

Residents across parts of the Gulf Coast and South are bracing for a rare winter storm expected to drop heavy snow and create treacherous conditions, including freezing rain and sleet

Aaron Jayjack is in Houston, Texas, where a rare winter storm is bringing blizzardlike conditions from Louisiana to Texas.

A rare winter storm has swept through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, enforcing the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. Airports and highways experienced significant disruptions,