| Show many homeless in flood area suffering in Mi midwest divest when levees break the most serious flood danger in half a dozen midwestern states menaced by raging waters centered in arkansas and oklahoma as swollen streams mounted to new highs and devastated thousands of fertile acres more than SOO families were homeless in the bottom lands in the fort smith ark area which was entirely inundated various sections of arkansas totaling approximately one third of the state were cut off from the outside world after reporting they had been struck by a destructive storm the rampaging arkansas river smashed levees at three points in the northwest section of the state the released water swept over more acres of lowlands raising the estimated total of inundated land in arkansas ark and oklahoma to more than acres three persons have died in the okla homa arkansas high waters arid and 14 are known to be dead in texas floods however waters were receding in the lone star state the colorado river be 1 1 ing the only texas stream still causing trouble |
