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The National Weather Service's office in Shreveport, Louisiana, issued a flash flood emergency for the cities of Stamps and Buckner, as well as the "extreme northeast" parts of Lafayette County ...
Some roads in parts of Arkansas were impassable on Thursday, May 5, as heavy overnight rain triggered flash flooding.According to the National Weather Service, the “significant and potentially ...
In Louisiana, at least 11 school districts are closed on Wednesday as storms sweep through the state, including Ascension Parish Public Schools, East Baton Rouge Parish schools and the St. Helena ...
Arkansas River flooding, North Little Rock, May 2019. In contrast to other parts of the United States, Arkansas has not seen a significant increase in temperature over the last 50–100 years. In fact, some parts of the state have cooled. However, the state does receive more annual rainfall and more frequent
U.S. Highway 278 (US 278) runs west-east across the southern half of Arkansas for 258.8 miles (416.5 km). US 278 originates at a junction with U.S. Routes 59 and 71 in the town of Wickes and exits into Mississippi on the Greenville Bridge over the Mississippi River northeast of Shives, running concurrently with US 82.
The Marked Tree Lock and Siphons are a flood control facility on the St. Francis River in Poinsett County, Arkansas. These facilities are located about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Marked Tree. Built in 1926, the lock is located on a now disused and partially filled artificial channel west of the main river.
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.
The Commission added the approach roads and ferry to the state highway system on July 26, 1967, following petitions by several Norfork residents and a group appearing before the Commission. [4] A bridge over the White River was commissioned, and the highway was rerouted onto the new bridge on October 25, 1972, matching its present-day alignment ...