By Go Nakamura and Brad Brooks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas officials warned of disasters within the disaster of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to not return until the weekend. Residents in over 100 counties in Texas have been told to boil their drinking water as treatment plants continue to suffer from energy blackouts, officials said. Upward of 12 million people in the state the country s second largest with a population of roughly 29 million have either have no drinking water on tap in their homes or have drinking water available only intermittently. Energy remains out for 2.7 million households, officials said. With freezing temperatures expected through the weekend, getting the lights back on will be a slow process, as the state has lost 40% of its generating capacity, with natural gas wells and pipelines, along with wind turbines, frozen shut. Hospitals in Houston, the state s largest ci
By Go Nakamura and Brad Brooks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas officials warned of disasters within the disaster of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to not return until the weekend. Residents in over 100 counties in Texas have been told to boil their drinking water as treatment plants continue to suffer from energy blackouts, officials said. Upward of 12 million people in the state the country s second largest with a population of roughly 29 million have either have no drinking water on tap in their homes or have drinking water available only intermittently. Energy remains out for 2.7 million households, officials said. With freezing temperatures expected through the weekend, getting the lights back on will be a slow process, as the state has lost 40% of its generating capacity, with natural gas wells and pipelines, along with wind turbines, frozen shut. Hospitals in Houston, the state s largest ci
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By Go Nakamura and Brad Brooks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas officials warned of disasters within the disaster of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to not return until the weekend. Residents in over 100 counties in Texas have been told to boil their drinking water as treatment plants continue to suffer from energy blackouts, officials said. Upward of 12 million people in the state the country s second largest with a population of roughly 29 million have either have no drinking water on tap in their homes or have drinking water available only intermittently. Energy remains out for 2.7 million households, officials said. With freezing temperatures expected through the weekend, getting the lights back on will be a slow process, as the state has lost 40% of its generating capacity, with natural gas wells and pipelines, along with wind turbines, frozen shut. Hospitals in Houston, the state s largest ci