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National Weather Service Holding Flood Preparation Meetings Across Eastern Nebraska

National Weather Service Holding Flood Preparation Meetings Across Eastern Nebraska

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A series of flood preparation meetings are being held across eastern Nebraska.
David Pearson, the service hydrologist at the National Weather Service Office in Valley, says they see rising risks…

Pearson says they provide a lot of information at the meetings….

Pearson says they have first hand experience because they had to evacuate their office last spring…

Over four hundred people were at the meeting in Fremont this week. Other meetings will be held in Norfolk, Columbus, Bellevue and Sydney Iowa.

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