Anger in the US state of Mississippi amid deteriorating drinking water crisis, with locals saying the US government spends billions of dollars on wars and weapons while ignoring its own citizens.

At least 19 people have been killed after a powerful tornado whipped through rural Mississippi and led to flattening homes and knocking out power for thousands.

At least 13 people are killed in multiple parts of the US after powerful storms swept through the South and left more than one million Americans without power.

The residents of Jackson in the southern US state of Mississippi have for more than a month been grappling with severe water crisis while Washington is turning a blind eye to the woe affecting thousands of lives.

People have had to line up in Jackson city, Mississippi, in the United States, to receive drinking water as running water is cut amid a years-long water pollution problem in the region.

Mississippi's National Guard was activated on Tuesday to help hand out water to tens of thousands of Jackson residents after a long-neglected treatment plant broke down, leaving most of the state capital without safe running water, possibly for days.

Black Mississippi senators stage protest walkout during vote over teaching the true history and social conditions of African Americans in the United States.