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Arkansas flood toll at 19, 1 missing

LANGLEY, Ark. - State police say the death toll from a flash flood that tore through an Arkansas campground has reached 19.

LANGLEY, Ark. - State police say the death toll from a flash flood that tore through an Arkansas campground has reached 19.

State Police Capt. Mike Fletcher says searchers are looking for one more person who went missing after the pre-dawn Friday flood swept through the Albert Pike Recreation Area.

Yesterday, meanwhile, anxious family members toured the campground where their loved ones were staying when they were swept away, allowed to see for themselves the steep terrain that made escaping the rising water in darkness so difficult.

Rescue commanders helped the families find their loved ones' campsites and to gather heartbreaking mementos.