US city with 'no water to drink鈥�
Some 180,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi have "indefinitely" lost access to reliable running water.
Both the city and state are distributing bottled drinking water to residents as well as non-potable water for toilets via tanker truck, with Mississippi's National Guard assisting relief efforts.
Chris Bell is a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 65 in Jackson. He told Newsday: 鈥淚t鈥檚 very difficult especially for our elderly and our disabled residents鈥nly thing I can tell them is just to be patient. We鈥檙e gonna get this thing working as soon as possible.鈥�
(Picture: Cases of bottled water are handed out at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site on August 31, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi. Credit: Brad Vest/Getty Images.)
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