Flash floods in Omaha as power goes out for thousands
Flash floods in Omaha as power goes out for thousands

Flash flooding submerged cars, forcing drivers to abandon them to seek safety, tore up paving on roads, and left 14,000 homes without power for hours on Saturday night in the Nebraska city of Omaha on Aug 8, 2021.

The Omaha Fire Department responded to 105 weather-related emergency calls in three hours.

Omaha is a city in the U.S. state of Nebraska, on the Missouri River close to the Iowa border.