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A rare winter storm is gripping the U.S. Gulf Coast. Heavy snow, sleet and ice are making travel conditions treacherous across the region, stretching from Houston into the Florida panhandle.

Houstonians woke up Tuesday to a rare event: snow in Texas. A historic winter storm blanketed much of Southeast Texas and Houston in heavy snow and ice. Accumulating snow and dangerous road ...

The National Weather Service said that heavy snow was expected in Montana, near Pryor and along the northern Bighorn Mountains.