As bitter cold temperatures gripped the Houston region Monday morning, some power outages were being reported in the city and suburbs.

Thousands of homes and businesses were without electricity Sunday morning in the Houston region, where residents awoke to cold, wet and in some cases icy conditions as a winter storm moved in.

The entire Houston region faces a hard freeze Monday morning after seeing a warmer start to Sunday than expected.

Houston missed the worst of the winter weather, but still saw a little sleet and ice.

Timeline shows when freezing temperatures, travel issues and ice could arrive.