The worst flooding in decades continues across parts of the Plains and Midwest.
Highway 281 is seen damaged after a storm triggered historic flooding on March 16 in Niobrara, Neb. By Ian Livingston Ian Livingston Email Bio Follow March 18 at 5:46 PM From the northern plains to the Midwest, vast areas remain underwater as a disastrous flood event continues, even days after last week’s powerhouse storm departed.Eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, where at least three deaths have occurred, have witnessed some of the worst flooding.
Stark was describing a wall of water more than a story tall rushing down the Niobrara River and into town when the upstream Spencer Dam was destroyed, unleashing a torrent of water loaded with huge chunks of ice. It all eventually surged into the Missouri River, where the weekend flooding was historic. Numerous levees and dikes failed, flooding nearby communities.
Before-and-after images show the ongoing #flood disaster in Nebraska and Iowa:https://t.co/PxXcmYnxEC pic.twitter.com/ymA0gSnGcX Dozens of roads throughout the region have been damaged and destroyed by flooding. It’s not just small roads impacted either: Several highways have seen bridges demolished or large sections wiped from the earth by floodwaters. Storm chaser Mike Hollingshead has been keeping track of these locations in eastern Nebraska.— Christopher Heady March 16, 2019 Islands of the Plains From the Fremont area this morning on the Platte.
— Brian K Gamble March 17, 2019 Dramatic scenes of rescue Much as in the flooding in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina or in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, emergency officials looked past personal risks to help those trapped by the rapidly rising waters. [‘It was a little surreal’: Forecasters flee as a tornado and flood target National Weather Service offices]
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