A powerful and rare winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, bringing the first-ever Blizzard Warning to the Gulf Coast and blasting communities from Texas to Florida to the Carolinas with record-shattering snow that snarled travel and brought daily life to a halt.

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,