North Texas faces a historic 2026 winter storm with heavy sleet, ice and record cold. Get live DFW road conditions, snow totals and ERCOT power grid updates.

Malls and some retail spots around North Texas are shutting down on Sunday as the cold front continues to freeze the region. NorthPark Center in

There are 74,000 outages in Mississippi, 57,000 in Texas and more than 67,000 in Louisiana. An ice storm warning is in effect in parts of central, southwest and west-central Louisiana and southeast Texas, where ice accumulations of up to three-quarters of an inch and sleet accumulations of up to an inch are possible.

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

This North Texas winter weather guide provides the latest Dallas-Fort Worth snow and sleet totals, NWS timing for Winter Storm Fern and essential tips for protecting pipes and the Texas power grid during the current Extreme Cold Watch.

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 storm already had brought bitterly cold temperatures to parts of the Plains and Midwest, and could bring what forecasters said could be "catastrophic ice."

North Texans with weekend travel plans are being urged to prepare for major disruptions as the winter storm moves in. At DFW Airport, delays and cancellations are already climbing, with more than a thousand flights for tomorrow scrubbed in advance of the weather.