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Mississippi's National Guard was activated after a long-neglected treatment plant broke down, leaving most of the state capital without safe running water, possibly for days.
By Rich McKay
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Marsha Lewis, a bartender in Mississippi's state capital city, said she went to fill up her bathtub on Monday when she heard...
Many of the 180,000 people who live in the area served by the treatment plant had no choice on Tuesday but to stockpile water, close their businesses and keep their children home. The state said residents would have to endure life without running water indefinitely as officials scrambled to make repairs.
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Marsha Lewis, a bartender in Mississippi's state capital city, said she went to fill up her bathtub on Monday when she heard...