Texas struggles with winter weather

DALLAS, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Much of Texas struggled Saturday with the aftermath of an unusual winter storm, an especially heavy blow for Dallas with the Super Bowl coming up Sunday.

The National Weather Service predicted temperatures in the 30s on Sunday with a nasty mix of rain and snow for much of the day, The Dallas Morning News reported. That could make watching the game on big screens outside Cowboy Stadium uncomfortable. The stadium's retractable roof will be closed.

Sunny weather in Houston dried the roads Saturday. On Friday, hundreds of crashes, a few of them fatal, were reported as ice covered highways.

Lisa Campbell, assistant chief for the Houston Fire Department, said calls were coming in Friday morning at many times the average rate.

Police said Saturday's sunshine could lead to ice falls and warned drivers to be wary of icicles dropping from road signs.

In Arlington outside Dallas, six people were hurt Friday by ice falling from the roof of Cowboys Stadium.

Up north, a storm moved east from Ohio Saturday, bringing snow to upstate New York and northern New England and mixtures of snow, rain and sleet farther south, AccuWeather.com reported. In some cities, like Philadelphia, precipitation changed to rain as temperatures rose.