Weather forecasters and public agencies issued health and power loss warnings Tuesday as a “rare winter storm" gripped parts of the southern and eastern United States."A bitterly cold airmass will remain in place for much of the South and eastern U.

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.

The snowstorm currently lashing the Gulf Coast is being described as a once in a generation weather event, the National Weather Service said Monday.

For most locations along the Gulf Coast, it has been more than 20-30 years since 2″+ of snowfall has fallen. After Tuesday, most of these locations set records in the snowfall department.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas.

A rare winter storm has left parts of the Gulf Coast covered in snow, breaking records across Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. Houston experienced its snowiest day in over 50 years, while New Orleans saw its first snow in more than a decade,

A major winter storm slammed the southern US Tuesday, blanketing parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.

The U.S. Gulf Coast is the most hurricane-prone region in the country and snow is a “fairly rare phenomenon,” said Bradley Brokamp, meteorologist with the National Weather Ser