Weather damage to crops estimated to top $500 million; all 75 counties disaster areas

CONWAY, Ark. (AETN) — The Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) will address Arkansas’s recent severe weather conditions in “Extreme Weather” airing Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m.

Over the past year, Arkansas has experienced extreme weather conditions ranging from snowstorms to severe thunderstorms, tornadic outbreaks and flooding to heat waves and drought. Arkansas Farm Bureau estimates the impact of flooding to Arkansas crops and forage is expected to top $500 million, while the U.S. Agriculture secretary has declared all 75 Arkansas counties as agricultural natural disaster areas directly related to weather conditions.

According to the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Little Rock, Arkansas has experienced 72 tornadoes this year.