Jackson, Miss., is without clean drinking water as its water system is near collapse. Officials are scrambling to distribute fresh water and devise a plan to repair the neglected treatment system.

In Mississippi, some residents still don't have running water after a winter storm weeks ago. It's another frustration as the governor lifts the mask mandate among limited COVID-19 vaccination supply.

The water outages in Jackson, Miss., began Feb. 15 as a winter storm swept across the state. An untold number of residents are still without clean water weeks later.

A winter storm has hit Mississippi particularly hard. Power is out in many places, streets are iced over and water is in short supply.

Days of seemingly nonstop rain across the Deep South have created all sorts of problems. In Alabama, the governor declared a state of emergency, and in Mississippi, hundreds of homes are flooded.