Sanders Declares Disaster Areas for May 2025 Storms

DR 25-08: DECLARING DISASTER AREAS FROM SEVERE STORMS ON OR ABOUT MAY 16^TH, 2025
 
WHEREAS: On May 16^th, 2025, and continuing through May 20^th, 2025, severe storms struck Arkansas and caused dangers, hardships, and suffering throughout the state, which in turn, warrants this executive action; 
 
WHEREAS: Adverse circumstances have been brought to bear upon citizens and public properties in the State of Arkansas; and
 
WHEREAS: The affected political subdivisions require supplemental assistance from the State to recover from these losses.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-75-101, et seq., do hereby declare Chicot, Sebastian, St. Francis, & Washington Counties as disaster areas and authorize Public Assistance disaster relief for these counties.
 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 5^th day of August, in the year of our Lord 2025.