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    Deadly Arkansas Flash Flood

    Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early Friday, killing at least 18 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water. Dozens more are missing and feared dead.

  • Flood Debris
    June 13: A flip-flop hangs on a tree branch near a pile of flood debris near Langley, Ark. Search and recovery efforts continue after flooding swept through a nearby campground early Friday, killing at least 18 people.
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  • Home Destroyed
    June 11: Debris is shown around a demolished cabin on Little Missouri River after a flash flood in Langley, Ark. where at least 18 people camping died.
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  • Damaged Vehicles
    June 12: A van is propped against a tree at Albert Pike camp ground near Caddo Gap, Ark. after a flash flood rushed through early Friday.
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  • In the Trees
    June 12: A recreational vehicle sits in trees after being washed away by friday flooding at Albert Pike camp ground near Caddo Gap, Ark.
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  • Senator Blanche Lincoln
    June 12: Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., right, talks to media as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, left, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., second from left, Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., center, and Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Tom Tidwell, second from right, look on at the Langley Store in Langley, Ark., near the Little Missouri River where a number of people camping died in a flash flood early Friday.
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  • Search and Recovery
    June 13: A searcher uses a Bobcat to remove a tree from a flood debris pile near Langley, Ark. Search and recovery efforts continue after flooding swept through a nearby campground early Friday, killing at least 18 people.
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  • Search and Recovery
    June 13: Dr. Carol Gilbert, of Roanoke, Va., and her search dog Moki, who is trained to search for human remains, search a flood debris pile near Langley, Ark. Search and recovery efforts continue after flooding swept through a nearby campground early Friday, killing at least 18 people.
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  • Albert_Pike_Campground
    June 11: A tent and camping equipment is piled up after flash flooding at Albert Pike Campground near Caddo Gap, Ark.  Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour tore through a campground packed with vacationing families early Friday, carrying away tents and overturning RVs as campers slept. At least 16 people were killed, and dozens more missing and feared dead. 
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  • Damaged_Vehicles
    June 11: A van and motor homes damaged by flash flooding sit at Albert Pike campground near Caddo Gap, Ark.
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  • Governor Mike Beebe
    June 11: Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe expresses his condolences in a news conference in Langley, Ark. Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour tore through a campground packed with vacationing families early Friday, carrying away tents and overturning RVs as campers slept. At least 16 people were killed, and dozens more missing and feared dead.
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  • I_Did_Everything_I_Could
    June 11: A distraught couple arrives at the temporary command post set up in Langley, Ark. after the flash flooding. With scrapes all over his body, the man repeatedly said, "I did everything I could."
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  • Smashed_Camper
    June 11: A camper lies smashed against a tree after flash flooding at the Albert Pike Camp Grounds washed it down stream near Caddo Gap, Ark. 
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  • Scanning for Survivors
    June 11: Joe Faulkner of the volunteer fire dept. in Center Pointe, Ark. rests after six hours of scanning the Little Missouri River for survivors in Langley, Ark.  Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour tore through a campground packed with vacationing families early Friday, carrying away tents and overturning RVs as campers slept. At least 16 people were killed, and dozens more missing and feared dead. 
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  • Ouachita National Forest
    June 11: The Albert Pike Recreation Area, a 54-unit campground in the Ouachita National Forest, in Ark. after flash floods swamped campgrounds along a pair of southwestern Arkansas rivers.
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  • Caddo Gap
    June 11: High waters reach the Arkansas 240 bridge at Caddo Gap, Ark. after Flash floods swamped valley campgrounds.
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  • Southwestern Arkansas
    June 11: A campground flooded by the Caddo River is seen in Glenwood, Ark. after flash floods swamped campgrounds along a pair of southwestern Arkansas rivers early Friday.
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  • Convenience Store Flooded
    June 11: A convenience store flooded by the Caddo River is seen in Glenwood, Ark. on Friday. 
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  • Remote Arkansas Valley
    June 11: A swift flood rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early Friday, killing at least 20 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water. Dozens more were missing and feared dead.
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  • Intruding Floodwaters
    June 11: Heavy rains caused the normally quiet Caddo and Little Missouri rivers to climb out of their banks during the night. Around dawn, floodwaters barreled into the Albert Pike Recreation Area, a 54-unit campground in the Ouachita National Forest that was packed with vacationing families.
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  • Survivors
    June 11: Chad Banks, Lorraine Smith, Joe McBay of Texarkana, Ark., rest at a church near Caddo Gap, Ark.. The three were rescued after a nearby campground flooded. 
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  • Truck Crashed After Vignette Training
    June 11: Search and rescue workers ride all terrain vehicles past a truck that was damaged by flood waters at Albert Pike campground near Caddo Gap, Ark.
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  • Flooded RV
    June 11: A flooded RV is wrecked at the Albert pike campground near Caddo Gap, Ark..
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  • Inspection
    June 11: Mena, Ark., firefighters inspect a large truck that was swept from its parking place by flood waters at Albert Pike campground near Caddo Gap, Ark.
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    Deadly Arkansas Flash Flood

    Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early Friday, killing at least 18 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water. Dozens more are missing and feared dead.

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