Both airports are closed in Houston on Tuesday in anticipation of snow and ice. Schools are also closed in the Houston and Austin areas on Tuesday. Parts of Louisiana and Mississippi could potentially see between 5 and 8 inches of snow,

Florida and Texas were both under winter storm warning from the National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday morning as an arctic air mass caused plunging temperatures and heavy snow along the Gulf Coast.

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.