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A rare flash flood emergency was issued for around 5,000 people in Yellville and surrounding areas of Marion County after 6 to 11 inches of rain fell in just four to five hours, according to the ...
Buses and ambulances evacuated 86 people from a nursing home in Yellville, Arkansas, where water rose to about 4 feet (1.2 meters) during flash flooding, Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander said.
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Residents in parts of Arkansas were preparing for what meteorologists on Sunday predicted will be the worst flooding in recorded history along parts of the Arkansas River ...
Flooding in 1927 severely damaged or destroyed nearly every levee downstream of Fort Smith, and led to the development of the Arkansas River Flood Control Association. [23] It also resulted in the Federal government assigning responsibility for flood control and navigation on the Arkansas River to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE).
Flooding at the confluence of the Arkansas, Neosho, and Verdigris rivers in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) estimated that flooding in the Arkansas River basin caused $3 billion in damage, with a 95% confidence interval between $1.8–$5.3 billion.
In 1908, only a year after statehood, Arkansas River flooding at Tulsa caused $250,000 in damages ($8.48 million in 2023 dollars). The city was mostly on top of a bluff along the river, thus spared flooding. However, the railroad bridge across the river was washed away, disrupting railroad traffic westward until the bridge could be replaced. [1]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tropical Depression Bill dumped up to 7 inches of rain on the Ozarks in southern Missouri overnight, causing flash floods that forced the evacuation of some towns and ...
Tom's Mill Fire, 2017 Wind turbine factory, Jonesboro. There are concerns about the impact climate change will have on water levels in the state. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), droughts pose challenges for water management and river transportation; if the spring is unexpectedly dry, reservoirs may have too little water during summer.