HOUSTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The northern Bush Intercontinental airport and the eastern William P. Hobby airport continued to see cancellations and delays Wednesday morning.

The airports authorities reminded travelers to check their flight status before getting on icy roads and heading to the airport.

Bush Intercontinental reported over 110 cancellations for Wednesday and Hobby reported over 50 cancellations. That includes inbound and outbound flights.

On Tuesday, Bush Intercontinental had 866 cancellations, roughly 72 percent of its daily flights. Hobby had 223 cancellations, roughly 74 percent of its daily flights.

And as some late international flights landed at Hobby, more than 500 people spent the night at that airport. Similarly, about 900 people stayed overnight at Bush Intercontinental airport.

In Houston area, roads remained perilous and in some places vehicles even remained stranded for hours early Wednesday as conditions overnight didn't improve despite the winter storm passing.

A hard freeze warning, winter weather advisory and wind chill advisory remained in effect for much of southeast Texas, including Houston area.

At 6:00 am. it was just minus 7 degrees Celsius with a wind chill of 12. Ice leftover from Tuesday's freezing rain, sleet and light snow still covered most bridges, overpasses and stretches of freeways, leading authorities to close various high-traffic locations.

According to the weather data, the average of low temperatures in January in Houston area is 5 degrees Celsius.