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.

Weather forecasters and public agencies issued health and power loss warnings Tuesday as a “rare winter storm" gripped parts of the southern and eastern United States."A bitterly cold airmass will remain in place for much of the South and eastern U.

A historic winter storm swept across the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, bringing heavy snow and icy conditions to the Southeast while most of the country was facing dangerously cold temperatures from an arctic blast that arrived over the weekend.

The snow has begun falling in metro Atlanta leading to a Winter Storm Warning to be expanded for the area. The FOX 5 Storm Team takes a look at the latest.

Atlanta weathered its second winter storm of the season on Tuesday, seeing about an inch of snow across the metro.

Georgia is under a State of Emergency as a historic winter storm brings icy roads, and freezing temperatures. Metro Atlanta has faced 50+ hours below freezing, with temperatures set to drop further. One death has been reported,