A major winter storm slammed the southern US Tuesday, blanketing parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall in a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.

Myriad winter weather alerts and warnings remained in place across the U.S. on Tuesday as multiple states battled storms.

A powerful Arctic blast is bringing life-threatening cold to the Midwest and Northeast, while a rare winter storm blankets the Gulf Coast.

The National Weather Service issued an updated winter storm warning at 10:38 p.m. EST on Tuesday valid from Wednesday 7 a.m. EST until Thursday 1 a.m. EST for Leelanau, Benzie and Manistee counties.

National Weather Service meteorologist Will Corless said Gainesville will see temperatures in the mid-20s this week.

An updated winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 8:31 p.m. in effect until Wednesday at 6 a.m. for Conecuh, Butler, Crenshaw, Escambia, Covington and Baldwin counties.

Around 40 million people in the U.S. are under a winter storm warning from an unusual blast of severe winter weather.

While initial forecasts were unsure about winter weather impacting Georgia, those projections have taken a turn. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Watch on Wednesday for the ...

The NWS said up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snow fell in the Houston area. Texas transportation officials said more than 20 snowplows were in use across nearly 12,000 lane miles in the Houston area, which lacks its own city or county plows.

For the latest updates on the snow, follow USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, Jan. 22. LAFAYETTE, La. − A wide swath of the South was targeted by a major winter storm Tuesday as brutally cold temperatures gripped much of the nation,

The winter storm that moved through Florida on Tuesday into Wednesday is one for the record books, smashing the previous all-time high for snowfall in the Sunshine State.