A rare and deadly winter storm descended across the southern U.S. on Tuesday, leaving some record-setting snow totals and halting travel for millions of Americans in Louisiana, Texas and Florida.

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

Myriad winter weather alerts and warnings remained in place across the U.S. on Tuesday as multiple states battled storms.

More than 130,000 homes and businesses were without power Wednesday across Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Here's how much snow the southern states saw from the winter storm. The ...