The floods that have devastated large swaths of Nebraska and Iowa since late las...
- The floods that have devastated large swaths of Nebraska and Iowa since late last week left house pets homeless, inflicted an unknown toll on livestock and led to several daring water rescues of animals from dogs to horses.
“It becomes very difficult and it does put our rescuers in harms way, because you have animals that can potentially try to bite or fight,” Rescue Lieutenant Jami Mitchell of Waterloo Fire/Rescue in Nebraska said by phone on Tuesday. The rain- and snow-melt-induced flooding in the middle of the country’s farm belt has killed at least four people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, killing untold numbers of livestock.
Ranchers, some of whom have used air boats to bring feed to flood-stranded herds, are bracing for the possibility of additional problems with their livestock once the waters recede, Nebraska Cattlemen spokeswoman Talia Goes said. “It’s helped the folks staying here; they’ve been through enough,” said Josh Murray, spokesman for the Omaha/Council Bluffs Metro Region Office of the American Red Cross.
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