Homes, farmland flooded as nearly 20 inches of rain falls across parts of Arkansas and Mississippi.
less than an hour agoDumas, Arkansas, was among the hardest hit.Water rose into homes, flooded roadways and covered fields across Mississippi and Arkansas after nearly 20 inches of rain fell from Tuesday to Thursday.
“Quite a few houses had water get up in them but most of them thankfully have not been very deep," Desha County Emergency Services Coordinator Ricky Terry told weather.com. "We are still assessing how many homes were damaged," Finch told weather.com via text message Thursday evening.Some areas received as much rain as they normally would in a 3- to 5-month period. More thanof rain fell in Rohwer, an Arkansas community about 20 miles from Dumas, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock.
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