About 13 million Texans have been placed under an advisory to boil drinking water following widespread power outages around the state, which have impacted operations at water treatment plants. The power outages that have plagued the state since earlier this week appeared to be mostly resolved Friday, with about 180,000 outages remaining as of midday, statistics showed. Texas’ grid operators said Friday that the electrical system has returned to normal for the first time since the extreme winter weather knocked out power to more than 4 million customers. Bill Magness, president of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said the grid again has enough capacity to provide power throughout its entirety. Federal Emergency Management Agency acting administrator Bob Fenton also announced Friday that teams are in Texas with fuel, water, blankets and other supplies.

Source: Fox News February 19, 2021 18:11 UTC