Top board leaders resign after deadly Texas power outages

Patricia Broadway, left, and Leon Morris put the cover back after shutting the water off in Ms Broadway’s home in the East Dallas area (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Top board leaders of Texas’ embattled power grid operator said on Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than four million customers losing electricity last week during a deadly winter storm.

The resignations are the first since the crisis began in Texas, and calls for wider firings remain in the aftermath of one of the worst power outages in US history.