Houston is under a boil water order after an outage in a purification plant.

Houston Area Under Boiled Water Mandate

And Houston texas is under a boil water order. After a system outage meant 2.2 million people didn't know if they're drinking water was safe. Schools were also closed today, keeping nearly 200,000 kids at home. Houston's public schools could remain closed as officials monitor the situation Right now. It's not clear what caused the power outage or why it took city officials 10 hours to issue the boil water notice, some residents say they found out on Tiktok and store shelves are clearing out of bottled water. So far, there's been no word on how soon the order could be lifted.