Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather was barreling toward the eastern two-thirds of the U.

The highly anticipated arctic cold front is less than 24 hours away from starting its push through North Texas.

The massive storm system is expected to bring a crippling ice storm from Texas through parts of the South, potentially around a foot (30 centimeters) of snow from Oklahoma through Washington, D.C.; Ne...

HOUSTON — The Texas Department of Transportation is expected to hit the roads in Houston to prepare for this weekend's freezing weather.

TxDOT crews began treating roadways in Texas on Wednesday and the operation will continue through the weather event.