Some Corpus Christi-area school districts have announced they will be closed on Tuesday due to the coming arctic front and are monitoring weather conditions for possible further closures.
Residents across parts of the Gulf Coast and South are bracing for a rare winter storm expected to drop heavy snow and create treacherous conditions.
Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts, as a rare winter storm brings bone-chilling temperatures and potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh cold weather.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The South Texas Botanical Gardens are not only taking care of their beautiful plants, but also their animals -- by moving them to areas with backup generators. They were hard at work Monday, covering them up with blankets, tarps, and frost cloths -- even using hay from mulch to protect more sensitive plants at the roots.
San Antonio doesn't see accumulating snow all too often, but chances are starting to rise significantly for it to happen early next week.
The coldest air of the winter is arriving over the next couple of days, and it could bring light wintry precipitation along with it.
The winter weather forecast is complicated, but some snow growth is possible in Corpus Christi Tuesday morning. Weather impact alert for icy travel.
The deal is one of several the Arizona-based company has closed in just the last few months. It offloaded 930 acres in three sales in late December, near Austin, San Marcos and Fort Worth, and it bought 141 acres less than two weeks ago with D.R. Horton in the Wise County town of Rhome, within a master-planned community called North Star.
The South Texas Food Bank announced that they will be hosting a food distribution event ahead of the cold temperatures.
AAA Texas released safety recommendations before the winter weather San Antonio is expected to experience Monday evening.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, about 1-3 inches of snow is forecast for nearly all the Gulf Coast states, with parts of East Texas, central Louisiana and western Mississippi potentially seeing higher amounts between 5 and 8 inches.