“There are some counties that might have 1,000 miles of country roads to assess,”


In Iowa and Nebraska, the level of destruction to America’s farmland reached a level rarely seen before. The storms unleashed high levels of rain and snow, forcing both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to overflow, flood- ing the flat, valuable farmland nearby.


Within two weeks, Nebraska ranchers went from digging out buried cattle from the snowdrifts to rescuing them from floodwaters. Thousands of cows and their new calves have been lost with estimated costs over $400M.


Predictions put the cost to repair state roads in Nebraska at about $100M with another $60M in county and city damage. In Iowa, roads and bridges are expected to need as much as $90M in repairs.


APRIL 10: CH 25:


00s attle m being t away


150,000 acres


unplantable or $654M


in crop losses TODAY: Clean-up


continues... for months, if not years, to come


APRIL 3:


5-10M bushels lost


in 832 on-farm storage bins


APRIL 18: At its peak, NE


had 1,600 mi of roads


closed; 79 state highways & 27 bridges


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