Last week, torrential rainfall and flooding hit Jackson, Mississippi, the state's capital.

The governor of Mississippi is now declaring a state of emergency after days of heavy rainfall

in the central part of the state.

Flooding is now a major concern.

The flood exposed a problem the city's been dealing with for years.

Its water infrastructure is falling apart.

The city's water treatment facility over the weekend causing the plant to fail.

But this is not the first time Mississippi's capital has experienced a water crisis.

Jackson's aging pipes have left the city in crisis for years.

Now the National Guard has been called into help.

Many of Jackson's 150,000 residents were left without running water.

Jackson is dealing with no water.

Some residents had little water pressure, some residents had no water pressure.

That's Camitric Affinch.

She lives in South Jackson and works with a nonprofit called Operation Good.

I called her yesterday and she was handing out water to fellow residents.

We're here Monday through Sunday basically.

We're giving out water to all of the members of the community who need it because of the

contamination of the water that the city of Jackson is sending out through the tap.

Officials say water pressure has been restored.

But the water is still not safe to drink without boiling it first and it could take months

of repair as before it's drinkable again.

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