Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Nebraska and Iowa as levees succumbed to the rush of water. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. The Missouri River has already crested upstream of Omaha, Nebraska, though hundreds of people remained out of their homes. In southwest Iowa, the Missouri River reached a level in Fremont County that was 2 feet (0.6 metre) above a record set in 2011.

Source: thestar March 18, 2019 13:41 UTC