“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.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62727586
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.
Problems at the OB Curtis Water Plant began after heavy rains caused the Pearl River to crest and spill over onto city streets over the weekend.
City hall confirmed on Monday that river water had entered the facility, which treats more than 50 million US gallons (190 million litres) per day.
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.
On Tuesday afternoon Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the "very fragile" city-run plant would not turn off its water supply but officials needed time to treat the water.
“Kentucky flooding: Hundreds of Latter-day Saint volunteers shovel muck, clear debris”
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/8/30 ... volunteers
“What’s known about the victims of the Kentucky flood”
Among those killed were four young siblings from a single family and a father of five who stopped to help others,
but was swept away trying to get home
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2022/ ... appalachia
“U.S. Has Seen Four 1-In-1,000 Year Rainfall Events This Summer”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/darreonnad ... is-summer/
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