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Arkansas Delegation Announces FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers

Disaster recovery centers are now open in Mayflower (Faulkner County), North Little Rock (Pulaski County) and Fort Smith (Sebastian County), to offer in-person support to individuals and businesses in counties included in the Arkansas federal disaster declaration for flooding on the Arkansas River in late May.Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Centers will open in Arkansas. The following locations will be able to help Arkansans impacted by flooding:

FAULKNER COUNTY
Tornado Shelter
4 Grove Circle (Behind 1st Security Bank)
Mayflower, AR 72106
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

PULASKI COUNTY
North Little Rock Community Center
2700 Willow Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

SEBASTIAN COUNTY
Central Mall
5111 Rogers Ave.
Fort Smith, AR 72903
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

PERRY COUNTY
First Assembly of God
2151 Arkansas Highway 60
Houston, AR  72070
Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.

CRAWFORD COUNTY
Mulberry Community Center
29 Kirksey Parkway
Mulberry, AR  72947
Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. 

YELL COUNTY
Dardanelle Community Center
2011 Highway 22 West
Dardanelle, AR  72834
Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Arkansas.Gov website: https://portal.arkansas.gov/pages/flood/ Arkansas Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness: @AR_Emergencies Arkansas State Police: https://asp.arkansas.gov/

Federal Aid Programs for the State of Arkansas:

FEMA disaster assistance is available to the state of Arkansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding beginning on May 21, 2019 and continuing. Click HERE to learn more.

FEMA is authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), limited to direct federal assistance under the Public Assistance program, at 75 percent federal funding in the following counties: Arkansas, Chicot, Conway, Crawford, Desha, Faulkner, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Lincoln, Logan, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Sebastian, and Yell counties.

 

Arkansas Flood Maps:

To see where flooding is expected to occur, visit the Corp of Engineers map at https://arcg.is/10GyL1.

• Click on “2019 event Inundation Forecast” tab (top right)
• Accept Disclaimer and click ok
• Click on icon with 4 squares under address search and select streets
  

To see how a specific location is affected by the flood waters, enter an address on the FEMA website.

Travel:

Road closures and detour information from the Arkansas Department of Transportation.

• Road Closures
• I-40 Detour Information (turn on Flood Detours layer)
• AR Department of Transportation Twitter
  

Local Emergency Contact Information:

 

If you would like to help fill sand bags, volunteering opportunities are available at the following locations:

• Beaverfork Fire Department, located at 2 Beaverfork Road
• The Conway Transportation Department, located at 100 East Robins Street
• Highway 286 East Fire Station, located at 268 Highway 286 East
• Conway County Road Shop off Highway 113

Anyone wishing to volunteer should bring a shovel if they have one and work gloves.

There are also two self-filling stations set up for residents to walk up and fill whatever amount of sand bags they need at:

• Mayflower City Hall, located at 2 Ashmore Drive
• The lot across from Red Robin, located at 1292 East Dave Ward Drive