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Rare winter storm bringing heavy snow, sleet and ice to Texas and northern Gulf Coast

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Nearly 2,000 flights within the U.S. or entering or leaving the country were canceled Tuesday .

The storm is expected to scatter heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain around the Deep South .

Winter storm warnings extend from Texas to North Carolina on Tuesday .

A blizzard warning in effect until midday Tuesday was the first issued by the office in Lake Charles , Louisiana .

Wind chills between minus 40 degrees (minus 40 C) to minus 55 degrees in parts of the Northern Plains and as far east as Illinois .

The weather service issued cold weather advisories across the Great Lakes region.

The latest cold snap comes from a disruption in the polar vortex, the ring of cold air usually trapped about the North Pole .

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