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Published on Aug 29, 2018

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Arkansas Biggest Natural Disasters

Olivia Meinshausen
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1927 Flood

  • Missipi River Delta
  • Cost: ~1,000,000,000$
  • 30FT Flooding
  • Deaths: 246
  • Affected: ~750,000
Photo by ddqhu
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1997 Tornadoes

  • Death Toll: 25
  • Traveled 50-75 Miles
  • Cost: ~$115 million
  • Central & Eastern AR
Photo by NOAA Photo Library
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1811 Earthquake

  • 7.0-8.0 In Magnitude
  • ~2,000 Tremors/ Aftershocks
  • Northeastern AR
  • Some Tremors Swallowed Buildings
Photo by _namtaf_
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2009 Ice storm

  • Cost: $3 Billion
  • Deaths: 55
  • 609,000 Homes Without Power
  • Many Roofs Collapsed
  • Northern AR
Photo by Cast a Line
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Drought 1930

  • Reached 113 Degrees
  • Many Dust Storms
  • Couldn't Grow Crops At All
Photo by Global Water Partnership - a water secure world
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Continued

  • Affected Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico
Photo by IRRI Images

Olivia Meinshausen