How many people are affected by the interruption of water supply in Texas due to extremely cold weather?

According to Tiffany Young, a media relations expert of Texas Environmental Quality Committee, as of the afternoon of February 19, local time, more than14.6 million people in Texas had been affected by water supply interruption, and more than 1225 public water supply systems in Texas were interrupted due to weather, at least1.

It is also reported that about 4,800 users in Houston, Texas are still affected by power outages, and the city is also experiencing the problem of water shortage in a large area due to the burst of water pipes.

Houston is distributing1000000 bottles of bottled water to the public. Mayor Sylvester Turner)09 said at a news conference held at a water supply point in Delmar Stadium on the morning of 09 that the fire department had received 4,900 reports of water pipe bursts in the city, and said that the actual water pipe bursts may be more than reported. He encouraged the residents of the city to report the suspicious water pipe burst to the government immediately.

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Xinmin Evening News-More than 6.5438+0.46 million people in Texas, USA were affected by the water cut.