LITTLE ROCK, AR – As flooding worsens across Arkansas, Governor Asa Hutchinson is adding four more counties to a growing list of counties that have been declared disaster areas.
On Tuesday, emergency declarations were made for Conway, Jefferson, Perry and Sebastian counties.
The other counties include: Chicot, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Independence, Izard, Johnson, Lafayette, Little River, Logan, Madison, Marion, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Pike, Polk, Pope, Scott, Searcy, Sevier, and Yell.
The disaster list was started in early May after severe weather killed two people in Howard County and torrential rain followed over the next few weeks that sent creeks and rivers over their banks.
The disaster declarations make homeowners and businesses eligible to receive relief funds from the state.
