BBC News - Arkansas floodwaters hit campsites and leave 16 deadAt least 16 people have died in the US
state of
Arkansas after floodwaters hit campsites in a mountainous national park, state governor Mike Beebe says.
Two dozen people were taken to hospital and some 30 others remained unaccounted for.
Helicopters are taking part in the search in a remote, mountainous area in the state's south-west.
The operation is focused on campsites along the Little Missouri and Caddo rivers in the Ouchita Mountains.
Mr Beebe said the deaths had occurred at about 0530, when the floodwaters reached their peak.
A river gauge at Langley, just south of Albert Pike in the Ouachita National Forest, showed the water rose 8ft (2.4m) in one hour, according to the US Geological Survey. - bbc
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