LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Officials are knocking on doors in a North Little
Rock, Arkansas, neighborhood and telling residents they should probably leave for higher ground due to the threat of flooding from the Arkansas River.
Officials say in a Facebook post Saturday they believe the river will
back up storm drainage areas and cause roads to become inaccessible for possibly more than a week.
City spokesman Nathan Hamilton says there are about 150 homes in the
neighborhood covered by the evacuation recommendation.
Officials said Friday night a nearby city levee had been breached and the
National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning, but it was canceled when officials later said the levee hadn’t breached and wasn’t in danger of failing. Instead, a containment berm at a riverside petroleum facility had breached.
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