Historic floods hit Nebraska after ‘bomb cyclone’ storm
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(Worthy News) – Large parts of Nebraska and the U.S. Central Plains were underwater on Saturday after a late-winter ‘bomb cyclone’ storm triggered historic flooding along the Missouri and Platte rivers, causing two deaths, tearing apart homes and swallowing roadways.
“We’re looking at widespread flooding that continues until at least early next week in the Plains and Midwest region,” said meteorologist Marc Chenard with the service’s Weather Prediction Center.
“The big ones are at record stages right now,” Chenard said. “There have been some levy breaks so there are towns that are flooded.” [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]
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