Nebraska Flooding Threatens Nuclear Plant (ContributorNetwork)
On Saturday, President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration for Nebraska, authorizing FEMA to “mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency” in the wake of ongoing flooding throughout portions of the state.
Identified in the emergency declaration were the counties of Boyd, Burt, Cass, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Douglas, Garden, Knox, Lincoln, Morrill, Nemaha, Otoe, Richardson, Sarpy, Scotts Bluff, Thurston, and Washington.
Severe flooding and tornadoes have caused the President to issue an emergency declaration for Montana on Friday and disaster declarations for Vermont and Massachusetts on June 15. In the west, rising waters on the Missouri and Mississippi has worried regional forecasters, including some who watched flooding threaten the Cooper Nuclear Station in Nebraska. According to CNS , the facility is the largest single unit electrical generator in the state and has a net generating capacity of 791 megawatts of power.
KETV in Omaha also reported that water was pouring over levees on Sunday in Nebraska and Missouri, impacting residential safety in Brownville, Nebraska, and Watson Landing and Craig, Missouri. The nuclear reactor is near Brownville. Highway 136 was closed.
200-250 people had been warned by National Guard members to leave the area due to flooding.
The river fell short; the Missouri reached 899 feet above sea level Sunday morning, but the station is at 903 feet elevation, as noted by St Louis Today.
Severe weather remains a concern Monday night throughout eastern Nebraska, Kansas, central Oklahoma, and western Iowa and northwestern Missouri. KETV warns of tornado watch for central and eastern Nebraska until 8 pm CDT, while the previously mentioned area remains at risk for large hail and damaging winds.
The State of Nebraska has a link providing flooding information for residents, with some phone numbers for Iowa, South Dakota, and Missouri residents posted as well. The latest information from the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency posted on Sunday gave notice of the “unusual event” noted Sunday by the Cooper Nuclear Station, and listed highway closings including sections of Highway 12, 14/37, 30, 92, 159 and I-160.
River levels for the Missouri ranged from 25.21 to 44.6 feet, the highest at Brownville. All points listed along the Missouri were in excess of flood stage. The Platte was nearing flood stage or surpassing in a few places, such as Lisco, Lewellen, North Platte, and Brady.
Shawn Humphrey is a former contributor to The Flint Journal and lives near Washington D.C. in Maryland.
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