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Flooding, mudslides close major roads in Omaha metro for morning commute
Drivers across the Omaha metro face significant delays and detours Thursday morning as flash flooding and mudslides from storms keep major routes closed.
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Flash Flooding Closes Omaha Area Roads as National Weather Service Warns of Dangerous Overnight Travel and a Jackknifed Semi Stalls Interstate 80 Near 42nd Street
OMAHA, NE — Heavy rain triggered flash flooding across the Omaha metro Wednesday night, forcing road closures, stranding some vehicles and creating hazardous driving conditions across several neighborhoods. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the area through 3 a.m. and warned that the situation was dangerous and life-threatening.
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Semi spins out on slick I-80 in Omaha amid heavy downpours
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Flooding, mudslides close major roads in Omaha metro for morning commute
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Video: Semi slides across Omaha highway amid record Nebraska rain
Flooding stranded drivers and prompted water rescues as tropical moisture helped fuel a record-setting deluge in Nebraska. A driver narrowly avoided colliding with a semi that slid sideways across an Omaha highway as heavy rain fueled by a surge of tropical moisture from Hurricane Polo drenched Nebraska. Dashcam video captured...
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Omaha Public Works says streetcar construction crews prepared for heavy rainfall
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - With continuing rain — and possible flooding — in the forecast for the Omaha metro Wednesday night, First Alert 6 checked in with the city to see how the weather might impact construction along the streetcar route. In particular, First Alert 6 asked about...
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‘A 100-year event’: Dozens rescued from record flooding in Omaha; mudslides close roads
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha emergency crews rescued dozens of people Thursday morning from flooding as waters reached depths of 8 feet in some areas of the metro area. “The National Weather Service tells us the Missouri River jumped three feet from the rain in Omaha, which is significant. They also say we are set to dry out over the next week, which us also important,” Mayor John Ewing Jr. said in a live update later that morning.
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Ralston schools raising transportation budget amid rising diesel prices
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Ralston Public Schools is voting on its budget tonight, with one main increase coming from transportation and busing costs. The district expects to raise its transportation budget by about 5%. Diesel prices driving the increase. The district builds its budget months in advance, forecasting fuel costs...
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Ethanol producer renovates BNSF spur to prep new Iowa plant for rail service (9/28/2006)
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. recently renovated a rail spur between Red Oak and Shenandoah, Iowa, on a BNSF Railway Co. line. The Class I will use the spur to serve a 50 million-gallon ethanol plant Green Plains is building in Shenandoah. The facility is expected to be completed in mid-2007.
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Highway 59 reopened near Imogene after Thursday morning crash
(Imogene) -- U.S. Highway 59 roughly seven miles north of Shenandoah has reopened to traffic after a vehicle crash temporarily blocked the roadway Thursday morning. According to the Iowa Department of Transportation's 511 map at around 10:50 a.m. Thursday, the highway was blocked in both directions between County Road J18 and County Road L35 due to a vehicle crash. Officials say the roadway has since been cleared and is back open to traffic.
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1 hospitalized, 1 cited after crash with school bus, car on Dodge Street in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was hospitalized and a driver was cited Friday morning following a crash involving a car and an Omaha Public Schools bus on Dodge Street. The crash was a part of a long string of morning commute disruptions across the metro. First responders were dispatched...
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The September 24th Road Construction Report
The streetcar project continues to generate the most extensive traffic impacts, with track installation, utility work, roadway reconstruction and bridge work occurring simultaneously. Overall construction is scheduled to continue through 2028. The temporary westbound Douglas configuration is now closed. Drivers should use 8th Street to Harney to go westbound. Alternatively,...
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Red Oak council seeks East Coolbaugh parking change
(Red Oak) -- After two years of discussion, parking is being limited on a portion of a heavily-traveled street in Red Oak. By a 4-0 vote earlier this week, the Red Oak City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance amendment prohibiting parking on the south side of East Coolbaugh Street from 8th to Highland Streets. Red Oak Police Chief Justin Rhamy voiced support for the parking ban. Rhamy says the street is only is only 30 feet wide, and two vehicles parked on the street leaves only 15 feet between them. In comparison, a fire truck at maximum width is 14 feet wide.
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Omaha proposal would cut parking requirements to boost housing options
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha is considering a proposal to reduce required parking spaces for new housing, an effort aimed at making it cheaper and easier to build homes. City rules currently require builders to include a set number of parking spaces, typically 1.5 to 2 per unit, for every home, duplex or apartment. The proposal, which came before Omaha City Council for the first time Tuesday, would drop that requirement to one space per unit across the board.