Officials are optimistic the power grid will hold, but freezing rain and arctic cold could cause localized electricity outages.

All 254 Texas counties woke up under some form of weather alert as a massive winter storm began its trek across the eastern half of the country.

The Dallas Sheriff’s Courtesy Patrol is working to rescue stranded motorists from icy North Texas roads as officials urge residents to stay home before conditions worsen tonight.

After snowy and icy roads took over North Texas on Saturday, the region headed into a snowier Sunday. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport received two inches of a mix of sleet, ice and snow over the course of the winter storm as of 6 a.

Get the latest North Texas winter storm update: DFW snow and sleet totals, hazardous road conditions, and dangerous wind chills as low as -12 degrees.

Fort Worth this weekend. Here is our latest, most up-to-the-minute forecast ahead of the winter storm's arrival.

More than 400 departing flights were cancelled from Houston, Dallas and Austin airports.

Three young brothers died after falling into an icy pond in Fannin County during a winter storm, according to the Bonham Fire Department. This is the second fatal accident involving students in North Texas this week.