Storm Coats Houston With Ice Before Turning Northeast

Freezing rain, sleet and snow coated eastern and southern Texas today on the heels of a two-day cold spell, part of a winter storm headed toward the U.S. Northeast with snow and rain for tomorrow, forecasters said.

The Houston area received one-tenth of an inch to a quarter-inch of ice, said Matt Moreland, a National Weather Service meteorologist in nearby Dickinson. At least 100 traffic accidents were reported in the southeastern Texas city today, prompting officials to close ice-coated freeways, the Houston Chronicle reported.