Flood waters have severely damaged a popular park and nature center in Pine Bluff and the water has yet to recede.
What usually would be baseball fields and parking lots, has turned into a lake. Regional Park is a popular spot in Pine Bluff to spend time outdoors but back water from the Arkansas River has filled it up to six feet deep.
"I'm from Pine Bluff, live in Pine Bluff and so I've seen it but never this high,” Morgan Bradley said. "It's very hard to see from a community you live in, place you love.”
The park is also home to the Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center.
"I went here as a child. I visited the center when I was younger, I brought my family members here,” Bradley said.
Most of the property has taken in water. Administrative specialist Morgan Bradley said that is something she did not expect.
"Parts of our outer buildings and our classrooms and trails will have damage to them,” she said.
Facility director Jason Hooks said it is unclear how much damage they'll have to deal with but the water is still too deep. The river was originally expected to crest at 47 feet in Pine Bluff but it came up over three feet higher than that.
"We know we have damage to some of our trails. But we won't know the extent of it until the water recedes and we're able to fully inspect,” Hooks said.
Thankfully, the main building has not flooded, but Hooks said this flood is still a huge setback.
"It's a big part of the community for Pine Bluff to have, to come visit, a lot of people are devastated by this flood. If we can all just stick together and rebuild!" Bradley said.
Hook said once the water is gone, volunteers are needed to help clean up.