Weather forecasters and public bodies issued health and power loss warnings Tuesday as a “rare winter storm" gripped part of the southern and eastern U.S.

So many of you have never seen an event like this,” Louisiana’s state climatologist warned, with New Orleans facing possibly the most snow it has ever seen.

A developing winter storm will bring a rare winter storm for northern parts of the state while a cold rain spreads across the Gulf Coast.

Snow and sleet started falling in Texas as officials begin to close schools and airports. Snow and ice could bring major travel disruptions and power outages from Texas to Florida.

HEB is adjusting its store hours ahead of the winter storm that will start Monday night and leave Houston covered in snow Tuesday, the grocery chain announced.

As a meteorologist, waking up to 4 to 6 inches of snow locally is certainly fun and interesting, but well within typical January weather for Southern New England. For me, what’s really interesting is what is forecast to take place across the Gulf Coast Tuesday with a perhaps unprecedented amount of snow for a very wide swath from Texas to parts of Florida.

President Donald Trump will order the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, once again placing the world's top historic emitter of greenhouse gas emissions outside of the global pact aimed at pushing nations to tackle climate change through domestic actions.