New Orleans metro needs another day to thaw out after a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm blanketed the area in 10 inches of snow. Why it matters: State and local leaders are asking residents to stay off the roads Thursday while they're being cleared.

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.

A powerful winter storm tore across the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, bring record snowfall to parts of Louisiana and Texas.

Pups and their humans had a snowball fight Tuesday on Bourbon Street. And yes, that's someone in a skeleton onesie. Image: EarthCam Snow has been steadily falling in south Louisiana, coating New Orleans metro and bringing the region to a standstill.