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. A snowstorm warning was in effect for 31 million people - from southern Texas east through Georgia and north to the Carolinas and into Virginia - until Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service said.
With the storm moving east, crews near Houston plowed highways on Tuesday while downtown streets, covered in white, were virtually deserted. Schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday as the city, the fourth biggest in the U.S., expected about 4 inches (10 cm) of snow to fall. "I've been in Texas my entire life and I have never seen this depth of snow," said Ishan Bhaidani, 29, who owns a fintech consulting company in Houston. "It typically gets icier but this type of fine snow, this is a first."
Source: Reuters