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The capital of Mississippi is left without running water after widespread flooding.

Date: 2022

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One hundred fifty thousand residents in the predominantly Black city of Jackson, Mississippi are left without safe drinking water after historic flooding causes issues at the local water treatment plant. Clean water advocates point to climate change and systemic, racialized disinvestment in infrastructure as the roots of the crisis.