A severe ice storm continues to sweep across parts of the South, causing chaos on roads that has been blamed for at least eight deaths, along with flight cancellations and widespread power outages.

The ice has already triggered multivehicle crashes, traffic gridlock, hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of power outages.

Several Texans are dead and nearly 400,000 people in the state are without power as ice storms are expected to finally ease up in the U.S. South on Thursday.

Hundreds of flights have been canceled across the country as communities struggle with icy roads, outages, and freezing temperatures.

Many Texans are remaining home during the winter storm, but if you have to hit the icy roadways there are a few things to know. Tarrant, Dallas and 20 other North Texas counties are under an ice storm warning until 9 a.