A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways, grounding nearly all flights and canceling school for millions of students more used to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.

The snowstorm currently lashing the Gulf Coast is being described as a once in a generation weather event, the National Weather Service said Monday.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

Record-setting snow swept throughout states like Louisiana, Texas and Alabama on Tuesday, putting them out of commission through Wednesday.

The latest on the once-in-a-generation winter system off of the Gulf of Mexico from the southernmost Blizzard Warning ever issued to near-record snowfall.

Southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana are under its first ever blizzard warning Tuesday as the winter storm rolls through

In a shocking turn of events that shows the rarity of such a winter storm, a blizzard warning has been issued this morning for parts of far southwestern Louisiana, including the city of Lake Charles, and a few Texas counties just across the border.

BOTTOM LINE: SE Louisiana hosts Houston Christian in a matchup of Southland teams. The Lions are 5-0 in home games. SE Louisiana is the best team in the Southland in team defense, giving up 56.2 points while holding opponents to 37.2% shooting.

Just days after a record-smashing winter storm, rain is returning to the Gulf Coast and Southeast, but it could bring a flash flood threat to parts of Texas and Louisiana, including Houston, Shreveport and Alexandria.

Videos posted on social media captured nuns having a snowball fight and Houston firefighters having a friendly battle as a rare storm swept across Texas and the Gulf Coast. The snow closed motorways,