US rescuers today resumed the desperate search for dozens of campers still missing after flash floods swept through a busy Arkansas campsite, killing at least 17.

At least 16 people were killed when floodwater tore through a campsite in Arkansas, US officials said today.

FLASH FLOODS swept through campsites in an Arkansas national forest yesterday, killing at least 16 people, police said, as a massive rescue operation was launched in the rugged mountainous area.

Flash floods today killed 16 people in a pair of remote Arkansas valleys, and emergency workers say family members are reporting that more than three dozen people are unaccounted for.

Waitrose today became the first UK supermarket chain to scrap delivery charges for groceries ordered online.