GREENE COUNTY, Ark. — You can add Greene County to the list of counties that have been declared a disaster area by their county judge due to the heat.
Greene County becomes the fifth Northeast Arkansas county to be declared a disaster area.
The others are Independence, Izard, Lawrence and Randolph counties.
Wednesday’s high at KWYN was 98 degrees. That broke a string of five straight 100-degree days, which set a record for September since KWYN became the official national weather reporting station in 1956.
All of Arkansas remains under a burn ban and all of Arkansas is under a high risk of wildfire danger.
No burning is permitted in Arkansas except for some agricultural-related burning, unless permission is granted by county officials.
