According to Raul Leal with TxDOT, “What happens is during the night, things develop the weather changes quickly, the temperatures, the humidity and the precipitation. All of a sudden, you got ice on the road. We are well prepared to handle it, but unfortunately, it just happened.”

TEMPLE, Texas — An Arctic blast may cause hazardous driving conditions across Texas this week. Ahead of the expected winter weather, many roads were treated with a brine solution to help prevent them from icing over.