Torrential rain slammed northern Arkansas, forcing a nursing home in Yellville to evacuate 80 people while homeowners and businesses statewide work to clean up.
Eighty of those people were in a Yellville nursing home with what the fire department described as more than a few feet of water.
The water levels have since lowered, but the damage remains visible at the nursing home and downtown.
Shawn Beaver woke up Wednesday morning and learned his barber shop in Yellville flooded. He said community members stopped by to help clean and dry the place for over 10 hours.
“One of the other business guys said it was flooded,” Beaver said. “I had to go to the hardware store… they were flooded.”
The Yellville Fire Department also reported evacuating patients from a city nursing home after a foot of water came rushing in. Additionally, the volunteer fire department experienced its own issues while traveling around flooded roads …
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