At least 10 deaths are blamed on severe storms that knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and business across the state, caused
catastrophic flooding in northeast Arkansas and ravaged hundreds of homes. The storms rolled in over the last week of April and peaked during the weekend of April 29-30. Arkansans are still feeling the aftermath of those storms nearly two weeks later, as cleanup and repairs are still underway and, in some areas, have just begun.
Strong storms packing high winds and heavy rain hammered the state Saturday, April 29, into early Sunday, April 30, leaving widespread damage -- enough for
Governor Asa Hutchinson to declare a "state of emergency" statewide. All that rain caused river and lake levels to rise and eventually overflow, causing extreme flooding in various parts of the state. The flooding continued to worsen even after the brunt of the bad weather was over, with waters still lingering nearly two weeks after the original storms. Northeast Arkansas was the hardest hit after nine levees breached, putting the town of Pocahontas and other parts of Randolph County underwater.
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