A rare winter storm swept across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, shattering snowfall records in regions where flurries are a rarity. The storm brought freezing temperatures and disruption to much of the United States, leaving millions of people in a perilous deep freeze.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a snowstorm warning for 31 million residents spanning southern Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia, with conditions expected to persist until Wednesday morning.
In Houston, Texas, roads remained coated in snow as crews worked to clear highways on Tuesday. Downtown streets, typically bustling, were eerily empty.
The city, which rarely experiences such weather, closed schools on Tuesday and Wednesday in anticipation of up to 4 inches (10 cm) of snow.
“I’ve been in Texas my entire life and I have never seen this depth of snow,” said Ishan Bhaidani, 29, a Houston resident and fintech consultant. “It typically gets more icy but this type of fine snow,…
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