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Yuletide rains leave state awash

Homes, I-30 flooded as total for year tops 1882 LR record

Posted: December 25, 2009 at 1:02 a.m.

Cars drive through the bumper-deep standing water on North Hills Blvd in the Dark Hollow area after overnight rains flooded the area in North Little Rock, December 24, 2009.

Relentless, record-setting rain flooded homes and countless roads in Arkansas and shut down part of Interstate 30 on Christmas Eve, stranding holiday travelers.

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Flooding on Highway 67/167 between Jacksonville and Cabot, Thursday. (By: ArkansasOnline) (Credit: Contributed by Ruth Scroggin)

Firefighters used boats Thursday to rescue about two-dozen people in flooded areas near East 17th Street and Hazel Street in North Little Rock

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Crews rescue flooded NLR residents

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