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A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways, grounding nearly all flights and cancelling school for millions of students more used to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

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People shovel snow off the sidewalk in downtown Houston.Ashley Landis/The Associated Press

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Mariella Rodriguez slides down on a snow covered hill in Houston.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press

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Snow falls on Chartres Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana.Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

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A statue of Pete Fountain is covered in snow inside New Orleans Musical Legends Park on Bourbon Street.Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

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Memorial Drive, a main road in Houston, Texas, is seen covered in snow and empty during peak traffic hours.ARATHY SOMASEKHAR/Reuters

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Sous chef Eric Walker engages in a snowball fight outside the Bourbon House Restaurant in the French Quarter in New Orleans.Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

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A man walks along a snow and sleet covered sidewalk in Galveston, Texas.Jennifer Reynolds/The Associated Press

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Sisters, Ava and Ellie Johnson and their niece, Novie Quinones, make snow angels at Heritage Park in League City, Texas.Stuart Villanueva/The Associated Press

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A man takes a photo of the Mississippi River during heavy snowfall by a docked riverboat in New Orleans, Louisiana.Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

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Children play in the snow in a neighbourhood near downtown as winter storm Enzo brings heavy bands of snow in Houston.Danielle Villasana/Getty Images

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A person walks on a snow covered street in Houston.Ashley Landis/The Associated Press

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A woman runs along Allen Parkway near downtown Houston, Texas.Danielle Villasana/Getty Images

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Heavy snow blankets Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.Michael DeMocker/Getty Images

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People walk past the 1900 Storm memorial sculpture on Seawall Blvd. during an icy winter storm in Galveston, Texas.Brett Coomer/The Associated Press

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Waugh Drive is quiet and calm as snow is falling in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee/The Associated Press

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Icicles hang down from a vehicle during an icy winter storm in Galveston, Texas.Brett Coomer/The Associated Press

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Snow covers Canal Street in downtown New Orleans.Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press

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