At least two people are reported dead in Houston as a winter storm system disrupted much of the Gulf Coast and other parts of the nation on Tuesday, causing billions in economic losses.

Thousands of flights were canceled Tuesday and airports in Houston suspended operations as a winter storm hit Texas, Louisiana and other states along the Gulf Coast where snow is rarely seen. “They’re looking at snowfall amounts on the order of 3 to 6 inches,

A storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A business office in Lake Charles is accepting donations of new or gently used clothes and shoes for those affected by the wildfires in Southern California. The death toll has risen to 24 as the growing fires destroy thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

Dangerous cold temperatures remained across Oklahoma, with the lowest temperatures in nearly four years hitting the state.

A historic winter storm threatened natural gas shipments from one the biggest US export plants while heavy snow shut schools and airports in Houston.

A historic winter storm threatened natural gas shipments from one the biggest US export plants while heavy snow shut schools and airports in Houston and highways in New Orleans.Most Read from Bloomber

The Houston area looked more like a snow globe on Tuesday morning than it has in the last half-century, with snowfall from Winter Storm Enzo totaling over six inches in the most wintry precipitation-hit area.

Some areas of New Orleans and Houston got more than four inches of snow Tuesday morning in a historic winter storm hitting the south.