More flooding expected for 'devastated' U.S. plains states...

WorldInsiderNews ^ | 3/17/2019 | WorldInsiderNews

[devane617]

If you live close to water once in a while you will be in the water.

[caww]

The Elkhorn River consumes a section of western Douglas County Sunday, May 17, 2019, in Omaha, Neb. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes

[caww]

This flooding isn’t for those just ‘close to the water”.....it’s half the state of Nebraska and other states...

[yarddog]

I wonder if the Arkansas, West of Dodge City now has water in it?

When I lived in Garden City, KS the river was usually dry. Once I was doing some plinking in the dry river bed. I noticed water approaching maybe a hundred yards away. After maybe 10 minutes it reached me and I moved a few hundred yards down stream.

By the time I left, it was just reaching me again.

[arrogantsob]

Once again we see inexorable power beyond humans’ ability to control.

[caww]

Luke Thomas and Air Force Tech Sgt. Vanessa Vidaurre look at a flooded portion of 'Offutt Air Force Base' Sunday, March 17, 2017, in Bellevue, Neb

[beethovenfan]

And all because of a few ppm of carbon dioxide. Amazing. /s/

[caww]

Horses that were being boarded in Inglewood, Neb., are moved through floodwaters to higher ground

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[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Flooding can happen anywhere. Here in WI we had flooding on the East side of Green Bay and in the city of Fond du Lac, and that was due to the snow melting and some rainfall, which caused the rivers to rise.

[caww]

Farms and towns were flooded across at least four states

15 Iowa counties alone have been declared Disasters.....

[caww]

.....crowd gathers to watch residents make their way in and out of a flooded neighborhood Sunday, May 17, 2019, in Omaha, Neb.

[caww]

Nearly 3,000 feet of Offutt Air Force Base's runway is covered by the flooding Missouri River Sunday, March 17

[bigbob]

Exactly. Ice jams blocked off the rivers until massive rain plus snowmelt forced its way through with a wall of water behind. And with the ground still frozen there was no place for it to go.

[caww]

[Mears]

Horrifying !

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[caww]

Also the snow “Bomb Cyclone” had previously where there was already snow accumulation....

[caww]

Yes it is ....towns are absolutely covered not to mention farm fields...and roads and bridges taken out all over the place............just terrible!

While river depths were starting to level off in parts of Nebraska on Sunday, the water is so high in many places that serious flooding is expected to continue before this is over....people still being evacuated...

[caww]

Guy posts in Nebraska... The worst is that there won't be funds for everything. A lot of these smaller bridges won't be replaced;, there will just be less access in areas.... Every major highway in eastern Nebraska is missing at least a 400 foot chunk of it I'd say from the pictures the past few days. This will not be a quick or easy fix. Lost of a lot of gravel roads in the immediate area

[Dust in the Wind]

Looks wadable? @ 18 cfs today. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ks/nwis/current/?type=flow