"It's called 'black ice' because it tends to look like the rest of the pavement on the road, although in reality, it's actually clear," the US Forest Service notes. "Black ice forms without creating bubbles, which allows it to blend in with any surface it forms over. Black ice is dangerous precisely because it's hard to detect."

Snow fell all across the Houston area Monday night into Tuesday. We want you to share your pics and videos with us.

A once-in-a-lifetime winter storm pummeled the South, all the way down to the Gulf Coast, with snow and ice. Here's the latest.

Southeast Texas and parts of Louisiana are under its first ever blizzard warning Tuesday as the winter storm rolls through

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- As most of southeast Texas braces for a historic winter storm, many Houston businesses and services are closed on Tuesday. READ MORE: Winter Storm Warning starts Monday, dangerous travel through at least Wednesday a.m.

From the lions and leopards to the flamingos and bald eagles, the animals seemed to enjoy exploring the magical snow.

Southeast Texas is under its first-ever blizzard warning – one that reaches from the Golden Triangle, which includes Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange, out east into Louisiana, home to what is normally one of the busiest throughways in all of Texas, Interstate 10.

While the frigid temperatures and snowy conditions brought on many headaches logistically, the rare snow day was also bringing people together.

With the snow and ice mostly melted around the Houston area, mechanics are back to work filling up antifreeze and making repairs.

An historic January storm dumped more deep snow along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday after bringing Houston and New Orleans to a near standstill over the past two days and burying parts of Florida's Panhandle with accumulations more typical of Chicago.

We're publishing the latest information from around Southeast Texas as the area deals with the impact of the cold temperatures, snow and ice.