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Sanders Declares Disaster Area From Severe Storms and Flooding on or About May 28, 2026

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME – GREETINGS:          

DR 26-02:    DECLARING DISASTER AREA FROM SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING ON OR ABOUT MAY 28, 2026

WHEREAS:​ On May 28, 2026, severe storms and flooding struck Arkansas and continued to cause dangers, hardships, and suffering throughout the state, which in turn, warrants this executive action; and

WHEREAS:​ Adverse circumstances have been brought to bear upon the citizens and public properties within Arkansas; and

WHEREAS:​ These political subdivisions require supplemental assistance from the State to recover from these losses.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-75-101, et seq., do hereby declare Marion and Searcy Counties a disaster area.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 18th day of September, in the year of our Lord 2026.

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