More Missouri River Flooding

(KFOR NEWS  September 19, 2019)   Heavy rain in Omaha is adding to an already high Missouri River.  Water  broke through two levees northeast of Omaha, but the flooding affected rural areas that have been flooded twice before this year.  National Weather Service meteorologist, Taylor Nicolaisen tells KFOR NEWS westbound lanes are closed from I-29 ti I-680 and water is lapping up to the edge of the interstate.  I-29 remained open near Omaha Wednesday afternoon.  Several on-ramps were closed Wednesday.  The lower Missouri River is flooding in Nebraska and Iowa this week because exceptionally heavy rains fell last week in Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska.  Officials don’t expect the floodwaters to cause significant damage to communities. But many levees remain damaged from severe flooding in the spring, allowing the floodwaters to flow into many farm fields and rural areas.

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