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2 million

The approximate number of Houston residents who were no longer held to a boil-water order that the city had put in place since Sunday, after a power outage at a purification plant caused pressure to drop. The city rescinded the order shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

(Associated Press — Nov. 29, 2022)

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