Legislation filed in Oklahoma would establish an organizational framework for addressing mitigation of natural disasters in that state. House Bill 2776, The Oklahoma Hazard Mitigation Assessment District Act, provides the framework for residents in each county to elect and establish …
From April through mid-June, more than 230 claims stemming from flooding of the Arkansas River and its tributaries in Arkansas had been filed with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In an announcement …
Oklahoma State Rep. Lonnie Sims (R-Jenks) a before and after study of the recent catastrophic flooding that occurred in his state. Sims serves District 68, which includes Creek and Tulsa Counties.He has requested an interim study to conduct a state-level …
Arkansas’ governor has ordered a review of the state’s levees and is asking lawmakers to approve $10 million for immediate repairs after historic flooding along the Arkansas River. Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an executive order to create the Arkansas Levee …
The Arkansas River remains too high and fast to assess flood damage in the Little Rock area, officials say. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the removal of silt and the restoration of the channel for barge traffic are …
About 600 Tulsa County homes and business were inundated during last week’s historic flooding along the swollen Arkansas River, city officials said. Joe Kralicek, executive director of the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency, said roughly half of the swamped structures …
Rain-swollen rivers threatened more flooding on Thursday in Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois and Oklahoma, as Tulsa’s mayor warned that the decades-old levee system in his city would be at risk even as waters receded through the weekend. Since early last week, …
The Arkansas River neared a historic crest on May 29 in Arkansas’ second-largest city, but officials said the levee system was “performing admirably” from the rush of water coming downstream from rain-soaked Oklahoma and Kansas. Still, the river was nearly …
The Arkansas Insurance Department announced a 60-day moratorium on the cancellation/non-renewal of policies for the non-payment of premiums by Arkansans affected by the flooding of the Arkansas River under Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s May 24 declaration of a State of Emergency …
