Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.

Snow and sleet started falling in Texas as officials begin to close schools and airports. Snow and ice could bring major travel disruptions and power outages from Texas to Florida.

Thousands of miles of coastline between Texas and Florida were buffeted by powerful snowstorms over the past few days, with many locations across the Gulf Coast seeing record-breaking snowfall. Some areas in Louisiana and Alabama saw over 11 inches of snow,

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

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.

Historic snowfall is burying parts of the Gulf Coast from southeast Texas through Louisiana and into parts of Mississippi and Alabama. The winter weather is contributing to dangerous conditions and disrupting travel,