Gov. Mike Beebe sought Monday disaster declarations for 15 Arkansas counties that accrued more than $8.6 million in damage in a December winter storm, the governor's office said in a statement.
Those counties, which were affected by a Dec. 5 winter storm, are: Crawford, Franklin, Independence, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Newton, Polk, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sharp and Van Buren.
Beebe has sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting the declaration, which would make Arkansas "eligible to receive federal aid to help the state, cities and counties recover from infrastructure damage," the governor's office said.