Flooding in parts of the Midwest has left one man dead, forced a National Weather Service office to evacuate and threatens a Nebraska dam and nuclear power plant as heavy rains mixed with melting snowpack to swell waterways to historic levels.
In Nebraska, the rising Missouri River meant officials were preparing to shut down the Cooper Nuclear Plant in the town of Brownville, according to Omaha World-Herald reporter Nancy Gaarder. Continue reading “Deadly, Historic Flooding Swamps Plains, Midwest; Preparations Made to Shut Down Missouri River Nuclear Power Plant”