i m kasie hunt here in washington. a dangerous ice storm now crippling parts of the american south. in texas, reports of hundreds of accidents, some deadly, as roads turn into ice rinks. right now 40 million americans are under storm threat, freezing rain is raising fears of falling trees and power outages, and air travel is a mess, too. we have seen ground stops, about 1,500 flights cancelled so far, and more than 2,500 delays. we have seems tracking all of it. first, let s start with ed lavendara in dallas. ed, dicey, dangerous, deadly and, quite frankly, it is only going to get worse. what are you seeing out there? reporter: it has been an ugly morning and the rain and sleet and freezing rain is all kind of coming down sporadically. but expressway, highway 75 coming out of downtown dallas, we re on the far northern end of the city here. you can see just how little traffic there is some people driving other people driving rather slowly. it is very treacherous out th
other people driving rather slowly. it is very treacherous out there, depending on how confident you feel in driving. so far state officials are saying that the power grid here in this state is holding up well. they do not expect any issues. of course, everyone can remember two years ago how dreadful the winter storm experience was here. but the roadways have been a mess. we spoke with a couple by the name of amber and jason kelley. they were driving to the fort worth stock show and rodeo delivering three steer in a trailer. they leftwich tau falls at 9:00 last night. they were trying to make it there last night but they spent the entire night on highway 287 about 40 miles outside of fort worth. it was a long and frigid night from wichita falls. decided to leave last night about 9:30, and which would be a normal hour 45, two-hour ride. it has already been, what, eight hours i guess.