Jackson, Mississippi has 'no water to drink or flush toilets'
Some 180,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi have "indefinitely" lost access to reliable running water after excessive rainfall and flooding.
Jackson, Mississippi has 'no water to drink or flush toilets'
By Sam Cabral
BBC News, Washington
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Some 180,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi have "indefinitely" lost access to reliable running water after excessive rainfall and flooding.
Rising floodwaters over the weekend breached the city's main water treatment facility, bringing it to the brink of collapse.
A state of emergency has been declared, and schools, restaurants and businesses have temporarily closed.
The city had already been under a boil-water notice for a month.
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