LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- A water outage caused by emergency repairs is affecting parts of La Porte on Sunday morning, city officials said.

In a social media post shared at about 11:25 a.m., the La Porte Office of Emergency Management said public works crews are conducting emergency line repairs in the 700 and 800 blocks of S. City officials said the water service in the area will be temporarily unavailable for about 4 to 6 hours.

Authorities added that they sent a message to residents in the affected area.