The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

A water crises in Mississippi's capital city has forced high school football coaches to adjust on the fly

Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000 residents of capital city Jackson without reliable access to clean drinking water. Cascades of rain…

Jackson, a majority-Black city, has been "without clean, drinkable water" for weeks

Several states are moving ahead to exempt residents from being taxed on forgiven student loan debt under President Joe Biden’s relief plan, while Mississippi has decided against the exemption.

US storm deaths include a 14-year-old electrocuted in Michigan and an 11-year-old swept into a drain in Arkansas.

In Jackson, officials are warning there is no “water to fight fires, to flush toilets, and to meet other critical needs.”

In Mississippi’s capital, emergency officials are going to distribute bottled water to residents, a local university is using temporary restrooms for students and people who do have water are boiling it to wash dishes

Flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in a water-treatment plant in Jackson, Miss. The city of 150,000 had already been under a boil-water notice for a month.

Weekend flooding has worsened Jackson's existing water crisis.