Horror and heartbreak in Arkansas today where flash flooding overnight claimed a still unknown number of campers and perhaps residents, hikers and others who may have been in the area. Thoughts and prayers for everyone affected and all engaged in the rescue effort.
The number of fatalities in the last report that I caught: 20
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/...ljZTE2cGVvcA--...the
water rose quickly between 1:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. A river gauge at Langley, just south of the Camp Albert Pike area, had a peak reading of 23.39 feet — up from 3 feet deep at midnight.
...Floodwaters inundated campgrounds along the normally peaceful Caddo and Little Missouri rivers, swamping hikers and campers sleeping along the rivers' banks. This area of the Ouachita Mountains includes second homes, hunting camps and a
number of U.S. Forest Service campgrounds.
"We don't know who was in there last night," State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said. "This is a very wide area."
... between 200 and 300 people were believed to be in the area at the time of the flooding.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Media/campe...ry?id=10889327About
three dozen campers were still missing in the area this afternoon as rescuers rushed to get to the isolated site,
The Caddo and Little Missouri rivers -- two normally gentle waterways -- rose by 20 feet overnight, engulfing the hikers and campers spending the night in tents along the rivers in the isolated Ouachita Mountains.
...people there would have had
"very little warning or alerts" because the flooding occurred while most people were sleeping.
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