Arkansas will cover 35% of March tornado damage; Sanders says cities, counties will pay rest

President to declare major disaster for April 2 storms

LITTLE ROCK — The state of Arkansas will receive help from a storm that brought a tornado through Lake City and Monette in early April.

Arkansas cities and counties to pay 65% of March storm cleanup after Trump limits aid

Sanders says Arkansas is "grateful" for Trump’s scaled-down disaster relief, despite it shifting millions of dollars in costs to state and local government.

New federal disaster declaration covers 39 Arkansas counties affected by April storms

Flooded commercial buildings in northeast Arkansas, April 6-7, 2025. (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture image.)President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster in Arkansas related to storms that caused widespread flooding and damage from April 2-22, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency press release. The disaster declaration covers a total of 39 counties, just over half of the state’s 75, through different d…

Arkansas will cover 35% of March tornado damage; Sanders says cities, counties will pay rest

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Thursday that the state will cover 35% of the cost to clean up and rebuild damaged infrastructure from the March storms, adding that the remainder of the costs will be covered by local governments.