Seven people have been reported dead from an ice storm that has hit Texas and caused more than 400,000 power outages across the state.
The Weather Channel reported that the storm has caused dangerous icy road conditions that have caused vehicles to slide on the ice. The deaths began as early as Monday and have ticked up as the storm has progressed.
A 49-year-old woman was killed Monday when she lost control of her pickup truck and hit a tree because of the icy roads, while a 45-year-old man died after he was thrown from his car after he lost control on an overpass. Another person was killed in a 10-car pileup in Austin on Tuesday.
Three men also died on Wednesday after their vehicle crashed on an icy road.
The storm has also frozen travel in the area. More than 250 flights, equal to almost 30 percent, were canceled on Thursday from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.
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