Report details fatal flood at Albert Pike

Rescue workers stage at Albert Pike Recreation area along the Little Missouri River.
Rescue workers stage at Albert Pike Recreation area along the Little Missouri River.

A new report on a flash flood that killed 20 people at a remote Arkansas campground last year says floodwaters reached an average depth of 7 feet in part of the campground.

The U.S. Geological Survey report released Wednesday also said that floodwaters at the Albert Pike Recreation Area flowed at speeds of up to 7.5 miles per hour in the nearby floodplain.

The Geological Survey sent a team of scientists to study the depth and flow of the floodwaters near Langley in southwest Arkansas that killed seven children and 13 adults in June 2010.

The victims were from Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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