A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas ...

A rare frigid storm is charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways and grounding nearly all flights ...

Dangerous below-freezing temperatures with even colder wind chills were also expected to last over much of the week in the region. Authorities say three people have died in the cold weather.

But you don't have to travel up to the East's highest mountain resort, Beech Mountain Ski Resort. Instead, you can head a little closer to the Georgia ... there's snow tubing, an Alpine roller ...

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow ... to pool-tubing down a Houston hill. In New Orleans, urban skiing was attempted along Bourbon ...

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing ... Alabama, to pool-tubing down a Houston hill. In New Orleans, urban skiing was attempted along Bourbon Street, a priest and nuns engaged ...