CADDO GAP, Ark. (AP) - Gov. Mike Beebe has rolled back the death toll in Arkansas' flash flooding from 20 to 16. His office said he relied on an erroneous figure after talking to an emergency worker at the scene.
Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample says a sheriff's deputy told the governor that the death toll from Friday's flooding climbed to 20 just before Beebe met with reporters near the Albert Pike Recreation Area along the Little Missouri River.
DeCample says the figure was unconfirmed and that the coroner's official tally remains at 16.
Heavy rains dumped more than a half-foot of rain on the area in southwest Arkansas. The Little Missouri climbed 20 feet within a four-hour period overnight, trapping many campers.
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