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

A historic and deadly winter storm that stretches over 1,500 miles blanketed the southern U.S. on Tuesday with historic snow totals, including the first-ever Blizzard Warning for the Gulf Coast.

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.

Houston was blasted with at least three inches of snow as a historic winter storm moved across the Gulf Coast and through the city. A historic winter storm will drop rare amounts of snow from Texas across the northern Gulf Coast. Many places will see their heaviest snow in decades, and modern day records could fall.

Photos and videos from beaches along the Gulf Coast showed a rare and stunning sight – snow. In Galveston, video from Galveston.com showed snow blanketing the beach, concealing the sand underneath. Waves crashed in the distance,

A rare snow storm blanketed the Houston area and across Southeast Texas, and this included areas along the Texas Coast, like the beach in Galveston. The same system also brought s