Natural Disasters

Brinkley Tornado of 1909
aka: Brinkley Cyclone
aka: Tornado Outbreak of March 8, 1909
Thirty-five people were killed and most of the town of Brinkley (Mo...
Flood of 1927
aka: Great Flood of 1927
aka: Mississippi River Flood of 1927
aka: 1927 Flood
The Flood of 1927 was the most destructive and costly flood in Arka...
Flood of 1937
A cold, rainy January in 1937 set the stage for one of the worst floods—if not the worst—in Arkansas. Corr...
Flood of 1978
On September 13, 1978, a large rainstorm subjected much of central Arkansas to record-setting amounts of rainf...
Flood of 2019
The flood along the Arkansas River that occurred in the spring of 2019 broke a number of high-water records an...
Floods
Floods are one of the most commonly occurring natural hazards in the United States. Their effects can be local...
Greenwood Tornado of 1968
On April 19, 1968, an F4 tornado touched down and caused immense damage to the city of Greenwood (Sebastian Co...
Hurricane Katrina/Rita Evacuees
Following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, the evacuated population of New Or...
New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812
The New Madrid Earthquakes took place between December 1811 and April 1812 along an active fault line that ext...
Tornado Outbreak of 2024
In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 26, 2024, during Memorial Day weekend, multiple tornadoes struck nor...
Tornadoes
Tornadoes—destructive, violently spinning vortices of air extending from high within severe thunderstorms to...