Thousands of people in Jackson, Mississippi, have been without clean and safe water for days after heavy rains and flooding caused pumps at local water treatment plants to fail, worsening an already dire clean water emergency. NBC News’ Bracey Harris reports from Jackson.
heavy rains lead to major flooding in jackson that cost pumps at local water treatment plants to fail. officials say there s not enough water pressure to fight fires, flush toilets, or meet other critical needs. the city already had a boil water notice in effect for over a month, making it now even more difficult for people to cook, bathe, and brush their teeth. hundreds of mississippi s national guardsmen have been deployed into the community, handing out bottled water and hand sanitizer, and they had fema. diane kirsten has been on the ground there as well. right now, the situation is dire in jackson. but the city s mayor says reliable water service is still days away. nbc s bracey harris is in jackson, mississippi, reporting on the crisis. good morning to you. this situation is making since the mayor called for a state of emergency, but mississippi was supposed to receive more than $44 million to the next five years in biden s infrastructure deal that was made last year. yet, we are
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