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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Arkansas Flash flood takes 73 lives!


Water swamps Ark. campground, killing at least 16



Image:Damaged van and motor homes
Danny Johnston / AP
A van and motor homes damaged by flash flooding sit at Albert Pike campground near Caddo Gap, Ark.

updated 11:23 p.m. PT, Fri., June 11, 2010
CADDO GAP, Ark. - At least 16 people were killed while relatives of more than 70 people contacted authorities to say they could be missing after floodwaters tore through a campground packed with vacationing families Friday, carrying away tents and overturning RVs as campers slept.
Heavy rains caused the normally quiet Caddo and Little Missouri rivers to climb out of their banks during the night. The water rose at a rate of up to a foot every seven-and-a-half minutes.
Around dawn, floodwaters barreled through the Albert Pike Recreation Area, a 54-unit campground in the Ouachita National Forest that was packed with vacationing families.
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