THE GUARDIAN - White House offers help to 150,000 residents of Jackson, which has been under boil-water notice for a month
Parts of Jackson, Mississippi, were without running water on Wednesday after flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants.
The city of 150,000 was already under a boil-water notice for a month because the health department found cloudy water that could cause digestive problems. Long lines have formed each day for limited supplies of bottled water at distribution sites. Continue reading...
