12News spoke with city leaders who say they're working to safeguard residents and infrastructure from the cold's harsh impacts.

As a significant winter storm approaches the Houston area, snow, sleet and ice are all becoming certainties as the temperatures decrease and conditions are forecasted to be more frosty than expected. The NWS National Blend of Models snow forecast shows a lot of fluctuation in the wintry mix of precipitation outcomes—but confirms that as the storm develops, either snow, ice or a mixture of both is becoming increasingly likely in the region....

An incoming cold front is heading toward Colorado, leaving Denver below freezing for almost five days.

We could see the first hard freeze of the season by Monday