State police: No more than 3 people still missing in Ark. campground flash flooding
By APSunday, June 13, 2010
Police: 3 believed missing in Ark. flash floods
LANGLEY, Ark. — Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler says searchers are looking for no more than three missing people believed to have been in a campground devastated by flash flooding.
Authorities had received reports of up to two dozen missing campers. But Sadler said Sunday that authorities don’t believe most of those people were in the campground during the flash flooding.
Eighteen people have been confirmed killed in flash floods that swept through the popular Albert Pike Recreation Area before dawn on Friday.
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LANGLEY, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler says searchers are looking for no more than three missing people believed to have been in a campground devastated by flash flooding.
Authorities had received reports of up to two dozen missing campers. But Sadler said Sunday that authorities don’t believe most of those people were in the campground during the flash flooding.
Eighteen people have been confirmed killed in flash floods that swept through the popular Albert Pike Recreation Area before dawn on Friday.
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