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Families Visit Site of Arkansas Flash Flood

LANGLEY, Ark. (June 13) -- Anxious family members toured the campground Sunday where their loved ones were staying when they were swept away by a flash flood, allowed to see for themselves the steep terrain that made escaping the rising water in darkness so difficult. About 20 people from two families were brought to the...

Police: 19 Dead From Ark. Floods, 1 Still Missing

LANGLEY, Ark. (June 13) -- State police say the death toll from a flash flood that tore through an Arkansas campground has reached 19 and searchers are looking for just one more missing person. State Police Capt. Mike Fletcher says one more body was recovered at midday Sunday. He says searchers are looking for one more...

Agonizing Wait for Word on Arkansas Flood Survivors

(June 12) -- Rescue parties got on horses and in kayaks in a frantic bid to find nearly two dozen people still missing after flash floods tore through campsites in Arkansas' Ouachita mountains. At least six children age 7 years old and younger are among the 18 people confirmed killed. The search efforts went from...

Dozens Still Missing After Deadly Arkansas Floods

(June 12) -- A frantic search is underway in Arkansas this morning for nearly two dozen people feared dead after torrential rains turned their idyllic campsites on the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers into a flood zone. One survivor said raging waters carried away babies in a flash. At least 18 people were killed in the...