American Red Cross Disaster Teams Begin Damage Assessment
Residents Across the State Displaced by Weather From Tornadoes to Flash Floods
April 26, 2011 – LITTLE ROCK – For the fourth week in a row, Arkansans found themselves in the interior of homes and businesses seeking shelter as tornado sirens blared warning from a powerful line of storms; continuous rains caused dangerous flash floods statewide.
Monday’s anticipated weather system received an ominous designation from the National Weather Service as a PDS-potentially dangerous system, warning of a “life threatening concern”. The storm lived up to its billing, with too many tornado warnings for even experienced meteorologists to keep count.
Flash floods caught residents across the state from Fayetteville in northwest Arkansas to Hardy in northeast Arkansas scurrying to dry ground or waiting for professional water rescue. In a rare move, the University of Arkansas closed early in response to growing floods and evacuations of nearby apartments.
At this time three American Red Cross shelters are open for storm victims:
Summit Arena, 134 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs
United Methodist Church, 6 West Dickson Street, Fayetteville
Rogers Activity Center, 315 West Olive Street, Rogers
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