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.S. into a deep freeze.

Blizzards are set to bring heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain all the way along the Gulf Coast from Texas to North Carolina - conditions usually only seen further north.

Millions of Americans face an artic blast, including the first-ever blizzard warning for parts of the Gulf Coast.

Around 40 million people, primarily across the southern U.S. from Texas to Florida, were under some type of weather hazard.

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast has left Lafayette, New Orleans, and Houston frozen, closing highways and grounding nearly all flights. School