Immaculate Conception Church will be having an appreciation dinner for local first responders and North Little Rock Electric. It starts at 6 p.m. tonight and will be held in the Parish Center.
After the storm
Maumelle was, fortunately, spared from the March 31 tornado that swept through central Arkansas but the neighbors weren’t as Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood and Jacksonville all saw significant damage and destruction.
The storm started in west Little Rock and stayed on the ground carving a path through Pleasant Valley to the Arkansas River before skipping across into Burns Park and into the Amboy neighborhood before continuing into Sherwood and Jacksonville.
The tornado was on the ground for roughly 30 miles and rated a high end EF3 in a preliminary report from the National Weather Service office in North Little Rock with the strongest winds at 165 miles per hour, or the strongest an EF3 tornado can be.
Little Rock saw the worst damage but no fatalities while one died on North Little Rock’s Amboy neighborhood. It was also the area that saw the most damage as the Amboy United Methodist Church and Amboy Elementary School were both hit. North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick issued a curfew order that was then extended by the City Council through tonight.
Amboy Elementary, among the buildings in North Little Rock without electricity, cancelled in-person attendance through today as the city worked with the district to get emergency generators at the school.
North Little Rock’s Emergency Operations Center reported on Wednesday that main roads through the most damaged areas were mostly passable and that “security of damaged areas is ongoing. Establishing the power grid is ongoing. Reestablishment of essential services is still ongoing.”
They also said the city still needed volunteers to help move debris but that effort was partially delayed as another round of storms move through on Wednesday.
That storm also called off in-person instruction at Little Rock and Pulaski County school districts while North Little Rock started on a delay.
By the Numbers
50: Number of people injured
30: Number of people hospitalized
1: Fatality in North Little Rock
2,983: Structures damaged in Little Rock
4,463: Total number of people with power in Pulaski County per PowerOutage.us
2,200: Number of people without power in North Little Rock
When can I expect electricity to return to my home?
Please allow a minimum of five days before electricity will return. North Little Rock's Automated Outage System is 1-888-728-4004
How can I volunteer to help?
Check-in between 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Edwards Cash Savers parking lot, 1300 Pike Avenue
Where can I take my trash?
North Little Rock Sanitation will run their regular routes this week wherever accessible. You can also take trash to one of the four locations listed below:
Contact the North Little Rock Animal Shelter: animalservices@nlr.ar.gov
Where are emergency shelters located?
North Little Rock Community Center, 2700 Willow Street, 72114 Pets are accepted. Food is being provided.
Where can I pick up cleaning supplies if I have tornado damage?
Edwards Cash Savers parking lot, 1300 Pike Avenue
What about my mail?
The Post Office will continue to attempt delivery, if there’s a mailbox still standing. Undeliverable mail is taken back to the post office. Residents can pick up mail in person by providing their name and identification. They will also allow a relative to pick up mail for them, as long as they provide the name and identification for the mail they are retrieving. You can also request that mail be held, or forwarded to a temporary address at usps.com.
Where’s FEMA?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up its North Little Rock intake office at 1300 Pike Avenue and training for city workers will begin on Thursday. FEMA also has an intake office in Little Rock.
Tornado relief number for North Little Rock residents, 501-906-5014
After the storm
After the storm
After the storm
After the storm
Maumelle was, fortunately, spared from the March 31 tornado that swept through central Arkansas but the neighbors weren’t as Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood and Jacksonville all saw significant damage and destruction.
The storm started in west Little Rock and stayed on the ground carving a path through Pleasant Valley to the Arkansas River before skipping across into Burns Park and into the Amboy neighborhood before continuing into Sherwood and Jacksonville.
The tornado was on the ground for roughly 30 miles and rated a high end EF3 in a preliminary report from the National Weather Service office in North Little Rock with the strongest winds at 165 miles per hour, or the strongest an EF3 tornado can be.
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Little Rock saw the worst damage but no fatalities while one died on North Little Rock’s Amboy neighborhood. It was also the area that saw the most damage as the Amboy United Methodist Church and Amboy Elementary School were both hit. North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick issued a curfew order that was then extended by the City Council through tonight.
Amboy Elementary, among the buildings in North Little Rock without electricity, cancelled in-person attendance through today as the city worked with the district to get emergency generators at the school.
North Little Rock’s Emergency Operations Center reported on Wednesday that main roads through the most damaged areas were mostly passable and that “security of damaged areas is ongoing. Establishing the power grid is ongoing. Reestablishment of essential services is still ongoing.”
They also said the city still needed volunteers to help move debris but that effort was partially delayed as another round of storms move through on Wednesday.
That storm also called off in-person instruction at Little Rock and Pulaski County school districts while North Little Rock started on a delay.
By the Numbers
50: Number of people injured
30: Number of people hospitalized
1: Fatality in North Little Rock
2,983: Structures damaged in Little Rock
4,463: Total number of people with power in Pulaski County per PowerOutage.us
2,200: Number of people without power in North Little Rock
When can I expect electricity to return to my home?
Please allow a minimum of five days before electricity will return. North Little Rock's Automated Outage System is 1-888-728-4004
How can I volunteer to help?
Check-in between 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Edwards Cash Savers parking lot, 1300 Pike Avenue
Where can I take my trash?
North Little Rock Sanitation will run their regular routes this week wherever accessible. You can also take trash to one of the four locations listed below:
Edwards Cash Savers parking lot, 3801 Camp Robinson Road
Fire Station #9 Indian Hills, 2309 Osage Drive
Farm Equipment & Machine, Remount & Perin Roads
The 5600 block of MacArthur Drive.
What should I do with stray animals?
Contact the North Little Rock Animal Shelter: animalservices@nlr.ar.gov
Where are emergency shelters located?
North Little Rock Community Center, 2700 Willow Street, 72114 Pets are accepted. Food is being provided.
Where can I pick up cleaning supplies if I have tornado damage?
Edwards Cash Savers parking lot, 1300 Pike Avenue
What about my mail?
The Post Office will continue to attempt delivery, if there’s a mailbox still standing. Undeliverable mail is taken back to the post office. Residents can pick up mail in person by providing their name and identification. They will also allow a relative to pick up mail for them, as long as they provide the name and identification for the mail they are retrieving. You can also request that mail be held, or forwarded to a temporary address at usps.com.
Where’s FEMA?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up its North Little Rock intake office at 1300 Pike Avenue and training for city workers will begin on Thursday. FEMA also has an intake office in Little Rock.
Tornado relief number for North Little Rock residents, 501-906-5014