A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

Western New York is currently under a lake snow effect warning, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The snowfall will cause slippery road conditions, which will impact commuters on Wednesday evening.

Much of the tri-state is scheduled to be under a winter storm warning for a snowstorm Sunday that could bring the most accumulating snow to the area in nearly three years. Inland parts of New Jersey,