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FEMA assistance available for survivors in four additional counties
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - Green, Randolph, Fulton, and Madison counties have been added to the major disaster declaration for Arkansans who sustained damage from the May 24-27 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding. Residents in Baxter, Benton, Boone, Fulton, Greene, Madison, Marion, and Randolph counties may be...
Commission discusses storm damage
Times photo/Jessi Dreckman Although most of the damage reported in the county from last weekend’s storms involved downed trees and branches, the fence at the new sports complex across from the Gainesville High School sustained quite a bit of damage. “The fence is 16 feet high in center field (pictured above). The posts are buried 8 feet deep with concrete. The wind blew hard enough to bend some of the posts over at the ground,” Superintendent Justin Gilmore told the Times. “The fence will probably be replaced in areas and fixed in others. We will look to reinforce the fence somehow; however, mother nature can be very destructive sometimes.”
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