Winter storm live: Warnings issued across Gulf Coast as ‘historic’ storm pummels area with ice and snow
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Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled as frigid winter weather bore down across Texas and southern states. A rare winter storm is walloping Gulf Coast states on Tuesday, bringing dangerous travel conditions and bitter cold. More than 3,500 flights were delayed or canceled within, into, or out of the U.S. by mid-morning - and major airports, such as in Houston, temporarily suspended their operations.
The major metro warned its residents to be safe and stay off roads so that first responders could travel easily on icy roads. The storm has left more than 46,000 customers in the Lone Star state without power. The Arctic air is expected to bring historic snowfall, with rates of an inch an hour or more possible from eastern Texas through the western Florida Panhandle.
