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CADDO GAP, Ark. (AP) -- Flash floods triggered by more than a half-foot of
rain wiped away campsites along a pair of southwestern Arkansas rivers early
Friday. State police said a dozen people were killed and several others were
stranded.
The normally peaceful Caddo and Little Missouri rivers rose by 20 feet overnight,
swamping hikers and campers spending the night in the remote and normally
serene Ouachita Mountains. The area also includes second homes, hunting camps
and 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.''
Sadler said officials were moving in a refrigerated truck to set up a temporary
morgue. Searchers were working along the Little Missouri River in Montgomery
and Pike counties and the National Guard dispatched helicopters to help in
the rescue.
Sadler said 12 people had been killed in the floods.
Gov. Mike Beebe, in Dumas for an economic develop announcement, said the
deaths occurred about 5:30 a.m., when the water hit its peak. He said he
did not plan to visit the site immediately.
''I don't want to get in the way,'' Beebe said. ''There is an intense
search-and-rescue attempt.''
The Little Missouri west of Caddo Gap stood at 3 feet Thursday but after
7.6 inches of rain fell in the area overnight the level jumped to 23.5 feet
by Friday morning. At 10 a.m. it had dropped to 11.5 feet.
The damage was centered around the Camp Albert Pike area, 75 miles west of
Little Rock.
Rainfall totaled 7.6 inches at Glenwood, a weather reporting station about
20 miles from the scene, according to data from the National Weather Service
at North Little Rock. Marty Trexler, a senior meteorologist, said heavy rain
fell throughout the region before moving into northern Arkansas later Friday
morning.
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Associated Press Writer Andrew DeMillo contributed to this report from Little
Rock; Associated Press Writer Chuck Bartels contributed to this report from
Dumas, Ark.
June 11, 2010
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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