KUT Staff

Austin has been under a citywide boil-water notice since last night, but many people have low water pressure or no running water at all.

Austin Energy, que en estos momentos tiene más de 181,000 clientes sin electricidad, dice que ahora tiene que manejar dos emergencias: los apagones que han estado ocurriendo desde el lunes por la mañana alrededor del estado y las pérdidas de servicio causadas por la tormenta de anoche.

More than 150,000 Austin Energy customers are currently without power. The utility says it's dealing with two emergency events: the outages since Monday morning that are occurring statewide and outages caused by Tuesday night's ice storm.

The advertencia of the compañía eléctrica ocurre mientras otra tormenta invernal is acerca al centro de Texas. El alerta por evento climático comienza a las 6 pm

The warning comes as more severe weather is headed for Central Texas. A winter storm warning goes into effect at 6 p.m.

"También es importante recordar que se espera que continúe el mal tiempo, principalmente las temperaturas gélidas, por lo que no estamos fuera de peligro", advirtió el presidente y director general de ERCOT, Bill Magness.

“It’s also important to remember that severe weather, mainly frigid temperatures, is expected to continue, so we’re not out of the woods," ERCOT President and CEO Bill Magness cautioned.

A winter storm warning and wind chill advisory are in effect, as the coldest air mass since 1989 hits Central Texas, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service says stay off the roads if you can. If you must travel, "use extreme caution" and be ready for ice and slick spots.

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