A number of power outages are due to traffic accidents with vehicles losing control on the icy roads and running into electric poles, an Oncor

Drone footage shows a winter storm that brought rare snow and ice to Dallas and other parts of Northern Texas.

At least 46 million people were under a winter storm warning as of Thursday as the storm spreads along the Gulf Coast Friday, according to the weather service. The storm should weaken by Saturday, bringing lighter snow between 1 and 3 inches to parts of the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic and the Ohio Valley before exiting off the Carolinas.