‘RECORDS SHATTERED’: Sanders and Trump Declare Emergency as Arkansas Faces Life-Threatening Ice and Snow – OXY NEWS CHANNEL

In this exclusive update from OXY NEWS CHANNEL, we detail the January 24–25, 2026, status of Winter Storm Fern in Arkansas. We analyze the federal emergency declaration approved by President Trump, which provides Category A and B federal assistance statewide. We examine the record-breaking 6-inch snowfall in Little Rock and the deployment of 28 National Guard weather response teams to assist Arkansas State Police. We also report on the "catastrophic ice" potential in southern Arkansas, where Entergy has staged 3,500 linemen to handle projected long-term outages.