Julienne Street, south of downtown Jackson, partially underwater as Pearl River flooding affects the area, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. The Pearl River is expected to crest on Monday. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Pearl River flooding is exacerbating Jackson’s drinking water crisis, bringing warnings of a system-wide outage, causing some businesses and schools to close Monday and prompting some leaders to call for the state to take action over the capital city’s troubled system.
