Millions of people across the northern Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for a rare winter storm that's expected to scatter heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the eastern U.

The Gulf Coast could potentially receive some snow during Tuesday's winter storm. Have they ever gotten snow before?

Major winter storm impacting the deep south with cities like Houston and New Orleans could be seeing over 10-20 cm of snow by Tuesday night. More details with Meteorologist Melinda Singh

A rare winter storm is sweeping across the Gulf Coast and Deep South, bringing snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Arctic air plunges much of the eastern U.S. into dangerously cold conditions.

But the headline act was not the ship, it was the Mississippi itself. Dubbed “the great artery of America” by Civil War general William Sherman, and star of Mark Twain’s classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, this 2,340-mile river is a landmark that has shaped the culture, economy and soul of the United States.

A deep freeze sets in Tuesday night where an Extreme Cold Warning is now in effect from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning where is could feel as cold as 7! The Northshore will drop into the 10s and the South Shore will bottom out mostly in the 20s. Some in the River and Bayou Parishes could drop to as cold as 18/19 or so.

A cold blast gripping the US South threatens to bring record-breaking snowfall to New Orleans and Houston and a deep freeze that endangers oil and natural gas output and electrical grids.Most Read fro

A major winter storm is brewing for the U.S. Gulf Coast as a powerful blast of Arctic air sinks south this week