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Severe flooding in Sarpy Co. from Wednesday night storm leaves several roads flooded and residents shocked by the aftermath

Heavy rain flooded parts of Omaha, prompting 1,800 emergency calls. Crews rescued 50 by boat. No deaths or injuries were reported.

OMAHA — The Douglas County Board on Thursday announced that it sees no allegations of criminal wrongdoing in a state auditor’s probe of a county program that serves the poor, despite the sheriff’s call for a law enforcement investigation. Sheriff Aaron Hanson said in response that his investigation will go on. He said

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Fire Department was at a fire at an apartment building Thursday night. Around 9:30 p.m., a call went out to the complex at 37th Avenue and Marcy Street near Midtown. There are no injuries to report. An official told First Alert 6 at the...

Roosevelt Boulevard is closed until further notice.

Persistent rains pelted already saturated ground across eastern Nebraska and flash-flooded parts of the Omaha and Lincoln areas overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Sarpy County residents woke up to road closures along parts of Nebraska Highway 370, with flooding near 25th Street and 168th Street. Enough water fell to ke

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A narrow swath of 2″ to as much as 8″ of rain fell in the metro and surrounding area over the last 48 hours. Most of it fell last night and caused the flooding issues late Wednesday night. Now today we’ll see spotty light...

Dashcam captures an out-of-control semi-truck narrowly missing traffic as it spins across a slick stretch of Interstate 80 in Omaha amid heavy rain.

A Millard man says he rescued 10 neighbors during a Papillion Creek flash flood. He says God was with him. Cleanup is now underway.

Mosquito Creek and West Nishnabotna spill over banks, but mudslide near Crescent mostly cleaned up amid flash floods.