Hospitals in the Houston area are filling up after Hurricane Beryl left more than a million people in the city without electricity during a deadly heat wave.
The city's football stadium has been converted into a "transitional facility" for when hospitals reach capacity, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said.
"[Hospitals] can't discharge patients because patients can't go home if they don't have power," Mr Patrick said at a press conference.
Tens of millions of people were under a heat advisory on Thursday, as searing temperatures scorch the US from California to Texas.
