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BENTON, Ark. – Many Saline County residents are cleaning up after the county faced flash flooding that impacted drivers, homeowners and those living in apartments.
Beryl brought heavy rain and damaging winds in parts of Arkansas. Saline County Emergency Management Director Stewart Duke said the rain was significant and caused the flash flooding.
“Approximately 30 roads had issues,” Duke said. “We had some calls in the county that required some evacuations.”
Duke said on Tuesday that crews are still assessing the area after much of the flood water has receded. As for the evacuations, he said they did around 10 at the Revive Benton Apartments but there are no reported injuries.
Jasper Wolcott lives at the apartment complex and said the water that was coming into the apartment got “worse and worse.”
“It was coming in through the front door, it was coming in from underneath the walls, in every single room,” Wolcott said.
Wolcott said when the water kept coming in the apartment, they chose to leave through the window instead of opening the front door to avoid more rushing in.
“The water was literally rushing past here (the front do...
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