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Arkansas lawmakers, federal officials review massive Arkansas River flooding and levee repairs
Summary
A joint meeting of multiple Arkansas legislative committees heard federal and state officials describe the spring Arkansas River flood, federal disaster aid, levee damage and next steps. Witnesses urged reorganizing defunct levee districts, pursuing federal mitigation dollars and quick technical help for local districts.
A joint session of several Arkansas legislative committees heard testimony from federal and state officials on the scope of spring flooding along the Arkansas River and immediate steps for recovery.
Congressman Bruce Westerman, invited to give a federal perspective, described widespread rainfall across Oklahoma and the Upper Arkansas basin and said releases from upstream reservoirs were necessary to avoid catastrophic dam failures. "We saw flows in excess of 600,000 cubic feet per second," Westerman said, describing levels far above normal and noting significant damage to levees, pump stations and the navigation system. He cited a Corps backlog of critical…
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