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Now that the flood water has lowered, the search for survivors and dead bodies should be easier in western Arkansas. While 17 have been reported dead, another two dozen are yet to be accounted for in the flood that came early Friday morning.

Although there was a flash flood warning at 2am, many were asleep when the water began to rise. Hit the hardest, the Albert Pike campground area is where many families were literally pushed by the waves, left looking for each other the remainder of the day.

According to CNN:

Nick Hofert awoke just after 2 a.m. Friday to screams from families, some with children as young as 4, hurrying toward the higher ground on which his cabin stood. He ushered them into his home and then went outside to try to find those who had become separated from the group.

Despite the rising water, he and others found the missing relatives at an RV site.

At one point, Hofert thought the group would have to evacuate his cabin and climb farther up the mountain, but the threat eased as the rains subsided.

“The water was rising faster than I’ve ever seen,” Hofert told CNN’s Rick Sanchez. People “were coming from everywhere, like ants running from water.”

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