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Historic Flooding In Midwest Forces Thousands To Evacuate

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A pickup truck sits in a ditch after being swept by flood waters in Norfolk, Neb., Friday, March 15, 2019. Heavy rain falling atop deeply frozen ground has prompted evacuations along swollen rivers in Wisconsin, Nebraska and other Midwestern states. Thousands of people have been urged to evacuate along eastern Nebraska rivers as a massive late-winter storm has pushed streams and rivers out of their banks throughout the Midwest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
A pickup truck sits in a ditch after being swept by flood waters in Norfolk, Neb., Friday, March 15, 2019. Heavy rain falling atop deeply frozen ground has prompted evacuations along swollen rivers in Wisconsin, Nebraska and other Midwestern states. Thousands of people have been urged to evacuate along eastern Nebraska rivers as a massive late-winter storm has pushed streams and rivers out of their banks throughout the Midwest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Storms in the Midwest have left behind high flooding waters, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. Disaster declarations have been issued in Nebraska and Iowa. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with NET Nebraska reporter Bill Kelly (@BillKelly_NET) for the latest.

This segment aired on March 18, 2019.

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