A rare, historic snowfall blanketed parts of the southern U.S. on Tuesday, allowing residents to play in the rather unusual weather. Families went snow tubing in Houston. People made snowballs and snow angels. People were even seen skiing on Bourbon Street.

A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, breaking snowfall records more than a century old in a southern region where flurries are unusual, as much of the United States remained in a dangerous deep freeze.

Millions of people across the northern Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for a rare winter storm that's expected to scatter heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

NEW ORLEANS -- Bryson Dawkins' 28 points helped Houston Christian defeat New Orleans 86-76 on Saturday night. Dawkins added five rebounds for the Huskies (9-11, 6-3 Southland Conference). Elijah Brooks added 13 points and five assists. Trent Johnson had 11 points and finished 5 of 5 from the field.

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

A historic winter storm is expected to bring rare heavy snowfall and ice to states along the Gulf Coast and could impact as many as 55 million people through midweek, according to national

Here's a look at snowfall totals from Tuesday's winter storm that blanketed Houston and parts Louisiana in multiple inches of the white stuff.

Houston Christian Huskies vs. New Orleans Privateers game with ticket info, start time, stats, odds and TV channel.

BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans takes on Incarnate Word after Jayla Kimbrough scored 23 points in New Orleans’ 62-55 win against the Houston Christian Huskies. The Privateers have gone 1-4 at home. New Orleans is 0-10 in games decided by 10 points or more.

New Orleans and Houston Christian will take the floor in a matchup of Southland foes. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

That's wild considering it hasn't snowed in New Orleans since 2009, and their last "big" snowstorm was in 2008 when 1-2 inches fell. Up to five inches of snow could accumulate in the Houston area. The all-time record snowfall in Houston is 3.0 inches, so this is very clearly a historic situation.

While Iowa is recovering from a cold snap with negative 30 wind chill, the state is running about 20 to 30 inches below average for seasonal snowfall.