Weather knocks out water in parts of Mississippi, Louisiana Follow Us Question of the Day Panny Yang carefully treads this way across an ice strewn parking lot as he balances a 24-bottle pack of water on his shoulder, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss., as light snow mixed with sleet, and rain continue to ... more > By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JAY REEVES - Associated Press - Thursday, February 18, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Icy winter weather has left most of the 161,000 residents of Mississippi’s capital with little or no running water for days, and the mayor says it’s unclear when water service will be restored as freezing temperatures have knocked out power and water to parts of the Deep South.