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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now your local headlines from news Radio eleven ten.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Kayfab, we have a tornado watch in effect for our
area until seven pm. Severe weather likely across much of
eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa this afternoon and evening. In
case of severe weather that prompts outdoor warning sirens, two
of the one hundred and twenty five sirens in Douglas
County will not sound. The Douglas County Emergency Management Agency
says the outdoor warning sirens at Hillsboro Park at one
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hundred and thirty eighth Street and Names Avenue and one
hundred and sixty eighth in state streets are undergoing maintenance.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Two twenty one is the time, and my name is
Emry Sunger. Thanks for joining us here on our show today.
We'll give you an update on what's happening in the
New York versus Trump trial in New York of course momentarily,
but there is quite an interesting weather system that's going
to be soweeping through our region today and with more
in the newsroom right now is our Terry Lady, Terry
take it away.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Emory didn't take that long for the action right now
is to the southwest southwest of the Oma Council willst
Metro area in the Lincoln area. So in southeast Nebraska.
A tornado warning remains in effect for western Lancaster, Eastern Sewards,
Southeast Butler, and southwest Saunders counties.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
All right, thanks, Terry, really appreciate your insight. He'll be
keeping an eye on that throughout the rest of the
afternoon and you can call us as mentioned four, two, five, five,
eight to eleven ten. Love to talk to you about it
on our phone line is Christy. Christy, thanks for the
call today. What are you thinking about?
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Well, thank you. I'll keep it brief, but it disturbs me.
I'm a mother and I'm also a caregiver, and I'm
on my way to a job right into tornado alley there.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
But here in Omaha, say, it's tornado season, So why
are somen of these tornado sirens not functioning?
Speaker 5 (01:47):
Couldn't they have been a little ahead of the ballgame here?
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yeah, so that's a good question, Christy, didn't you wasn't
wasn't one of the the matt Can you correct me
on this? There was a that they were going to do.
I think it was in March, like early March. They
were supposed to do the test, but it was too
cold to actually do the test. They didn't want to
run the siren because the siren it was too cold
for that. So they must be really sensitive to the weather,
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and there obviously are I'm guessing working on trying to
resolve some of those issues. But I'm with you, Christy.
I mean, they're there for a reason, and if they're
not functioning, then what are they there for?
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (02:23):
Yes, so what are we supposed to do?
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Just go stand outside and go.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
M That's a good point. And I guess maybe in
this era of technology that they're trusting that people are
able to at least be able to listen to the
radio and have their apps that tell them that they're
in a warning, or have the phone or eas like
remind them that there's something happening. I don't know, Christy,
that's a great question.
Speaker 6 (02:47):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
The best answer I could give you is stay locked
with us. We're going to be able to give you
all the updates on the warnings and watches and conditions
and things like that that are happening real time.
Speaker 7 (02:58):
So we're there for.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
You, okay.
Speaker 8 (03:01):
And I'm there for you too.
Speaker 5 (03:03):
God bless and everyone stay stafe, go outside and if
it looks.
Speaker 8 (03:07):
Green, get downstairs do something.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Thanks Christy, appreciate the call. Thanks for listening to us.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Tornado warning that has been affecting the Omaha Council Bluss
metro area and the signals of our station certainly very
important to think beyond the borders of the Omaha Council
BLUs metro area. We are in the pyramid roofing Severe
Weather Center. Go back to Emory with what you have
as we get close to trying to us sess where
we are at Emory.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, Terry in great work. As we continue to look
at this, We're going to bring in one of our
newspeople as well. Wendy Wilde is joining us, a news
director for the station, and Wendy, welcome to our show
here in Omaha. What are you seeing as well?
Speaker 9 (03:45):
The National Weather Service and emergency managers who are tracking
the observed which means confirmed tornado, are now calling it
cavastraphic potential with this tornado, they say it is a
very large tornado. This is a very recent report that
has been confirmed on the ground. So anybody who is
in the area of the tornado warning he's been hearing.
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Terry and Emery talk about you want to take cover.
Don't mess around with this one. If the kids are
in a situation where they might be homes, get them
down into the basement or into a small room. So,
according to emergency management, a building collapse in Waverley, which
is a little closer to Lincoln than Omaha, sort of
a long I eighty but between the two major cities.
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A building is reportedly collapsed there and they have not
updated that information. But the first report also came from
emergency management there, Lancaster County Emergency Management, and they said
people were trapped and they were calling for utility crews
to turn off gas and electric, which is really standard
as rescuers are looking to go into that building. We
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have not had an update on that. And again the
tornado that has been observed and confirmed in the Omaha
areas being described as capable of catastro destruction. So do
take cover if you are in that morning area.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Dice and Wendy with this information just in from the
Omah National Weather Service talking about a tornado emergency from
National Weather Service in Oma issuing a tornado warning, a
new one involving the metro area. It involves Douglas County.
Of course, Omaha metro area Douglas County is in this
tornado warning until four thirty. The tornado warning also includes
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northwest Pottawatamee County. Of course, crossing the river, the estimate
that it will generally move southwest to northeast, So this
tornado warning for Douglas County, northwest Potawatamie County, continuing with
Iowa to the north southwest Harrison County, and then back
in Nebraska to the west of Douglas County east central
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Saunders County. This is in effect until four thirty. Just
a few minutes ago, a confirmed large and destructive tornado
and Wendy was reporting on that. Wendy was observed near
the Old Coron area of Omaha, moving northeast at forty
five miles per hour, so West Omaha.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, Terry, and I just wanted to reiterate for anybody
who might just be joining us in the last ten
minutes or so that if you are trying to get
to your child at an Omaha public school now, I
would try to get a hold of either the school
or their social media or try to find more information
because they sent a letter or an email out to parents.
I'm not sure if you've been in the car, you
might not have seen it, but they say that they
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are going to be holding or delaying dismissal for the
time being with these storms in the area. So just
wanted to reiterate. Be sure to check that from your
specific school and see exactly what the situation is there
as you look to try to pick up your child
today from school, Terry, with these storms continuing to break
out in the western part of the Douglas County right now,
all right, I just want to get to the phone
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lines real quick. We have our own Gary Sattlemeyer on
the hotline right now. Gary, what are you seeing out there?
Speaker 10 (06:55):
Hey, Amery Terry. I drove through Waterloo, the southern edge
Waterloo and just to the south the village itself, the
Secamore Farms area. A lot of people will be familiar.
That's where junkstock is held. There was a major storm.
Looks like to me it was probably a tornado. There
is damage. There are trees that are stripped. We've all
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seen the images from communities that have been struck by tornadoes.
There are trees that are stripped. There, there's one building
it looks like I can't tell what it was, Probably
an outbuilding or a shed that's destroyed. There's a small house.
This is all across the road from Sycamore Farms, just
across east from Sycamore Farms that has some damage. There
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is some damage on the grounds and immediately adjacent the
Secondmore Farms. It looks like the main buildings as Secondmore
Farms are intact, but there was a lot of damage
out here. As I arrived, there was an ambulance moving
just out of Waterloo headed south with its life on.
There were tons of them emergency vehicles headed north on
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two hundred and fourth Street out of Elkhorn, and we've
had the reports up that system up north and then
moving northeast toward the Bennington area. So there are lots
of storms associated, as you guys well know with these
systems around the metro, but some extensive damage out here
in western Douglas County. And I can tell you if
that thing had been another mile north, it would have
gone directly through the village of.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Waterlook, Gary Satlemay, I really appreciate the call. Gary, Please
stay safe, Thanks for the update, and let us know
if you see anything else.
Speaker 11 (08:28):
Okay, yes, sir, all.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Right, let's go back to the phone lines. We have
our news director Wendy Wilde, who is following this as well. Wendy,
what is the latest that you are seeing?
Speaker 9 (08:37):
So I'm actually counting five active tornado warnings right now,
and what I would like to call the Omaha region,
stretching kind of from south of Omaha up through the
metro area and on up through Blair. And I'm going
to do my best again to look at the radar
while I'm talking to you and kind of outline not
the counties, but the communities that are included in these
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active tornado warnings. One of them includes Dubois Humble that
is in the far southeastern corner of the state. We
also have another tornado warning that includes Table Rock, Elk Creek, Johnson,
and Cook and then approaches Nebraska City, where yet another
tornado warning begins. So Nebraska City up through Murray, not
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quite it looks like Table Plasmus and Glenwood almost touching
Bellevue to the.
Speaker 8 (09:27):
West of that.
Speaker 9 (09:28):
Another tornado warning a little bit north of Manly, goes
up through as far north as Papillion, and then there
is another one up in the Blair area over to
Missouri Valley and then yet another tornado warning and this
one again overlapping that includes it looks like Pisca. It's
a little bit dam I'm talking to. So I just
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wanted to kind of quickly touch on all of these
active tornado warnings. And some of these are radar indicated,
but others are actually confirmed by spotters or emergency managers
they have seen them on the ground.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
All right, Thanks Wendy, really appreciate you for adding on
to this. You got a big stack of papers that
just came across the desk, Starry lay what are they
saying to you?
Speaker 4 (10:12):
And it's been quite an afternoon of storms, one of
the bigger that I've seen in my career, and a
tornado warning is an effect. And Wendy was reporting on
the tornado warnings involving the metro and the surrounding area.
This tornado warning is in effect until five o'clock for
northwest Fremont County in Iowa, western Mills just north of
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that on the Iowa side, northeast Odo County. Back on
the Nebraska side in eastern Cass County in Nebraska, this
is in effect until five A severe thunderstorm capable of
producing a tornado was four miles south of Union, northwest
of Nebraska City, moving north at forty five miles per hour.
This dangerous store, they're all dangerous today, will be near
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Union right about now, and then Murray and Beaver Lake
out of the Omaha Council Bluffs area just south just
in a couple of minutes. Other locations in the path
include Plattsmouth in Cass County. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, of course, on
the other side a Pacific junction Iowa and Mills County
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just to the other side of I twenty nine, and
Glenwood on the other side of the Less Hills from
I twenty nine in southwest Ioa and a plenty of
traffic on I twenty nine and commuters back and forth
between Glenwood and Omaha and I twenty nine. If not
the scenic bye with the old two seventy five coming
out of a council blufs, but definitely a focus on
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I twenty nine. With this tornado warning northwest Fremont, western
Mills and Iowa north the eastern Odo and eastern Cass
County on the Nebraska side of the river, it's in
effect until five.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Yeah, looking at the radar terry as we continue to
move through. We've been live wall to wall for an
hour and fifteen minutes or so since the initial Lincoln
report was coming out, and it does appear that the
south cells have now reached the Omaha metro. You're seeing
the skies very darken and continuing to get darker with
some hail and heavy rains that are moving through the area.
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And again this is right in line with overlapping tornado
warnings that we've been monitoring for the better part of
the last forty five minutes coming from the south into
the Omaha area. As we continue to monitor exactly what
the radar looks like, but also what might be in.
Speaker 12 (12:26):
These cells.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
The tornadic ones that came out of Lincoln were the
ones in the north that just missed Omaha, but there
have been tornadoes reported in this area with other various cells.
Speaker 12 (12:37):
These are not connected.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
These are different cells that are kind of popping up
and they are getting stronger, they're weakening. New ones are
popping up. This is a very strange looking storm that
we have seen come through eastern Nebraska so far.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
This afternoon. It's seven oh two clear sky's forty six
degrees and Omaha Counciled lost forty five In Lincoln. I'm
terry Way Heat News Radio eleven ten kfab you heard
Fox News referencing this. A man dies after being injured
in the tornado the tour through Potawatamie County the community
of Mendon, Iowa on Friday. Law enforcement says the victim
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was found unconscious after the tornado and he later died
from his injuries. County Emergency Management says three other people
were also heard in the Menden tornado, which destroyed forty
to fifty homes. The Obah Public Power Desert Report service
has been restored to ninety five percent of those who
lost power during the Friday tornado. The number of people
without electricity is under a thousand in Douglas County. The
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number fluctuating at this point with a handful of reports
in Washington County.
Speaker 13 (13:39):
So we are working really hard. We still got more
than two hundred folks out in the field today trying
to get those those final customers back online.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Jody Bakers has six transmission lines were brought down, with
four severely damaged. Assessing storm damage, confirming tornadoes, and assigning
a rating of strength as a team effort.
Speaker 14 (13:57):
Whether it was shingles off the roof, windows broken, to
the house shifted off its foundation, to the outer walls
are gone. You know, it just goes down by degrees
of damage.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
National Weather Service Media rather just Becky Kurr. Cleanup continues
across Nebraska and Ioa, of course, after at Lease eighty
tornadoes struck the two states Eastern Nebraska, Western Iowan Friday alone.
The Douglas County Hill Department works to protect those involved
in storm clean up. The Hill Department it's holding a
tetanus vaccine clinic through Thursday from ten am to two
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pm at the Common Ground Community Center in Alcorn. I'm
Terry Wayheat News Radio eleven ten KFAB, Nebraska's news, weather
and traffic station, an online at kfab dot com, slash
News right now.
Speaker 15 (14:46):
Pleasure to welcome Jeff Beckman the program from the Salvation Army.
Our good friend. Jeffrey has been everybody at the Army's
been busy all weekend.
Speaker 11 (14:54):
Jeff good morning, Good morning, Gary, Good morning Jim. And
it was just really good here. Terry's give me news.
I was on my way home from the office the
other day and was tuned into Terry while my wife
was watching storm, you know, the storm information on television
as some of us in Elkhorn kind of hunkered down.
But he did a great job and KFA KFAB did
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just a wonderful job a storm coverage.
Speaker 15 (15:18):
Thank you, Thank you, Jeff. I would just give us
a thumbnail if you can, of what is available in
the way of assistance and what is still needed.
Speaker 11 (15:30):
Today. What we're shifting to here in the community of Omaha,
first of all, is a disaster. We have a disaster
relief center, and today we're asking people not to drop
off any more supplies at our Bright Ideas location at
one hundred and fifty sixth than Blondeo, just east of
one hundred and fifty sixth in Blondo We were overwhelmed
by the love and support of people over the weekend
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who dropped off so many items including cash and water
and food and you know other items that are going
to be really important.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Day.
Speaker 11 (16:00):
We're focused on distribution and we really want to emphasize
that anybody who has impacted anywhere in your listing area,
whether it's Omaha, Blair, Mind and Iowa or wherever, that
they can stop by and pick up supplies, and that's
our primary focus today in Omaha, as we also try
to reassess today what our next steps will be with
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the Salvation Army working in partnership with a lot of
other organizations here in town. But we're going to try
to put a delay at least on what items were
requesting to be dropped off, and then hopefully later in
the week through Todd Andrews, our communications director, will get
information out on, you know, other items that are needed for.
Speaker 15 (16:37):
Those who are in need. Give us locations, best location
are there are.
Speaker 11 (16:41):
Several, Yeah, it's really a wonderful location and Bright Ideas.
Travis Freeman's business has offered us his parking lot by
Bright Ideas. It's just I think it's a block or
two east of one hundred and fifty sixth Inn Blonde.
And again today we would really like for generous people
who want to drop items off to kind of avoid
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that area so people impacted by the storm can stop
by and pick up supplies. We're going to ask that
people bring along some form of an ID just so
they can demonstrate that it's not somebody from outside of
the storm area. But again, I think we'll recognize people
who were hit by the storm and will want to
help them out today, and then the Salvation Army is
also going to be prepared to help him out long term,
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because that's really what we do. We're there for the
long haul. We'll be there for three months, six months,
a year, whatever these people need.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Eleven ten kfab sunshine and forty six degrees and Obaha
Council plus forty four in Lincoln, I'm Terry Well Heat
News Radio eleven ten KFABE. A fatality is reported in
the Friday afternoon outbreak of tornadoes that hit eastern Nebraska
western Iowa. That's one too many, but a lot of
the theme this through the weekend has been the fact
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that it's amazing more depths and injuries were not reported.
A man dies after being injured in the tornado that
devastated but eastern Padawan County community of Minden during that outbreak.
Law enforcement says the victim was found unconscious after the
storm hitting. He later passed away from his injuries. County
Emergency Management says three other people were also injured in
the tornado in Minden, which destroyed forty to fifty homes.
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The Omaha Public Power District making progress on service restoration,
restoring it to around ninety five percent of those who
lost power during the tornado. The number of people without
electricity is under a thousand for the most part this morning,
fluctuating up and down in Douglas County, handful of reports
in Washington.
Speaker 13 (18:33):
County six transmission lines down, four severely damaged. And obviously
look at all the homes that were destroyed in other
structures and all the debris.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
The Omaha Public Power Districts Jody Baker says about two
hundred crews are working on this disaster scene. The National
Weather Service continues to work to assess storm damage in
the area, and they run into a few obstacles.
Speaker 14 (18:57):
One of the making dangerous parts for us is the
power lines that are down and navigating around the utility
companies and so forth, so we can't interrupt them.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
And that's a National Weather Service media although just Becky Kern,
who says some results are expected later today. At least
eighty tornadoes have been confirmed across Nebraska and Iowa from
Friday alone. I'm Terry Wakey News Radio eleven ten KFAB,
Nebraska's news, weather and traffic station, and online at KFAB
dot com. Slash news.
Speaker 15 (19:27):
Very troubling Friday afternoon and evening, and then the recovery
through the weekend just getting underway. Mayor Stothor, good.
Speaker 8 (19:35):
Morning, good morning, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 15 (19:38):
You bet great to have you with us. Just give
us an overall if you can. I know the governor
has designated maybe the emergency declaration for three counties, including Douglas.
What is the overall status here in Omaha as the
recovery efforts are underway.
Speaker 8 (19:53):
Well, you know, first of all, I have to say,
we give our message a support and concern for all
of those experiencing loss. And I really wanted to think
and emphasize that all of our partners in government, like
the governor, like our federal delegation, city council members, and
nonprofit we continue to work together to provide resources and
support and that's really really important. I also will sign
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a declarare era proclamation of emergency, a disaster emergency today
that was arranged a day or so ago with Paul
Johnson with Douglas County.
Speaker 15 (20:27):
Hey, what does that new, Mayor?
Speaker 8 (20:30):
What that does is it just allows us then to
be able to get reimbursed from the state and FEMA,
federal government for disaster relief and the costs that it
will cost us. And it also lets the people know that,
you know, we had this great, big, unexpected expense that
the city. There's a lot of expenses the city will
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have to and is more than willing to cover. So
that's what that means. It makes you eligible to get
state in federal FEMA funding for reimbursements for the cleanup.
F Okay, good, but omaha did I mean? I was
just I got to say I was amazed. First of all,
our first responders, fire and police say mobilized very very quickly.
They were out on the ground before the storm finished.
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They set up command centers out in Elkhorn. Our fire
department started at four on Friday doing search and rescue
and went through every single structure that had been damaged.
They were done by about nine thirty that night. You know,
thank goodness, no one was killed. I know we're all
talking about that, but you know, there's things that we
are still doing. It it's still an effort of assessing
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the situation and really, once we know what the task is,
the city will act immediately to help everyone in need
of our assistance and get Our goal is to get
people back in their homes as soon as possible. So
you know, I had already asked Councilman brinker Harding because
it's mostly in his district. There is something in city
code that this council will vote to way tomorrow, which
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I'm sure they will, to waive any kind of building permits.
We do have a meeting today with Douglas County Briefing
at ten am and all of our chief inspectors will
be there to see what we can do to expediate
the help that everyone is needing to get people their
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permits and to get them back in their homes. The
building permits will be prioritized and expedited. We're going to
do all of that that we possibly can to help
people get back in their home.
Speaker 7 (22:31):
Just to clarify what you're doing with building permits, Mayor,
what you're doing is you're prioritizing building permits for reconstruction
of homes lost to storms. You're not waving requirements for
getting a building permit.
Speaker 8 (22:44):
Right, well, not waving the requirement, but because that's about
safety exact. You know, to have a building permit is
all about safety and to make sure that that house
is either going to be demoed and rebuilt or reconstructed
if they're able to. What I am saying is that
number one, we're not going to charge for those building permits.
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And number two, the meeting today will discuss what we
can do working with Douglas County to expedite those permits
and get them prioritized and get them done as quick
as they can, whatever it takes to get these people
back in their houses as soon as.
Speaker 13 (23:20):
They can, just quickly.
Speaker 15 (23:21):
Mayor do the emergency declarations allow for any direct financial
support for families who maybe living months to month and
all of a sudden they got no home, you.
Speaker 8 (23:34):
Know, not directly to families. It's mostly about clean up
in the area and getting you back the way you
were before, which is a huge amount of dollars. But
these foundations that we have that I just mentioned, I mean,
I was amazed by Saturday. This happened on Friday. By Saturday,
the amount of money that had already come in in
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the huge amount of money from some of our big
companies in Omaha was just it was unbelievable. And so
people are really giving money for those things that you
just said that, especially United Way and Elma Community Foundation.
You know they helped us with our ARPA funding and
they know how to get that money out and to
make sure it's being used for the right purpose.
Speaker 15 (24:15):
Okay, mere, thank you. Let us know any more information
that needs to get out will be here.
Speaker 8 (24:19):
You bet, thanks for having me.
Speaker 15 (24:20):
Appreciate your time. Mary Jane Stothard here on kfab's morning News.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Now your local headlines from news Radio eleven ten DAYFAB.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
The Better Business Bureau says scammers are likely to follow
last weekend's tornado disaster. The bureau offers a few tips
to avoid being scammed while seeking recovery relief. They recommend
starting by carefully assessing damage, including taking photos and determining
what is covered by insurance. The bureau website offers a
list of contractors with good reviews. The Baraska Governor Jim
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Hillon issues in emergency declaration for three counties impacted by
severe storms late last week. The declaration covers Douglas, Lancaster,
and Washington counties, and it allows for the use of
the Governor's Emergency he fun for assistance. Hundreds of homes
are damaged or destroyed as tornadoes tore across parts of
eastern Nebraska. On Friday, one count has eighty tornadoes in
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Nebraska and Iowa, as several teams are out from the
National Weather Service serving tornado damage to reap their strength.
Possibly more information later today. I'm Terry Lady, Well, good morning.
Speaker 12 (25:21):
Thank you so much for being here with us on
Nebraska's news, weather and traffic station News Radio eleven to
ten KFAB. I'm Scott Vorhees here with Lucy Chapman, and
we especially appreciate you listening if you're waiting in line
to drop off debris and if you're wondering where do
I do that and what debris where? The latest we
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have on this is in Omaha. Greenbrier Park, which is
near two hundred ninth Street and Park Road in Elkhorn
is now open as of a few minutes ago, open
until seven o'clock, and Brier Park there and near two
hundred ninth in Park Road is only taking tree debris
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right now. Gary and Jim talked with Omaha Mayor Jean Stothard,
who is meeting with department heads in the next hour,
and they're working on trying to open up a drop
off site here in Omaha for house debris furniture, you know,
all the rest of that stuff. But right now in Omaha,
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it's Greenbriar Park near two hundred ninth in Park Road,
and that's open till seven o'clock tonight. That is only
for tree debris. In Bennington, you can go to Bennington
Boulevard in one hundred and fifty sixth Street. That's south
of the Bennington Fire and Rescue Community. And if you're thinking, oh, okay,
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well we're in Elkhorn, or we had damage in Omaha
or Blair and they're taking house debris at this place
in Bennington, we'll go over there. I think they're checking ID.
This specifically says open to Bennington residents only at the
Bennington Boulevard one hundred and fifty sixth Street location. That's
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for tree and house debris, but it's only for Bennington residents.
In Waterloo, Two Rivers State Park is now open as
of a few minutes ago till five o'clock today, and
that's right there off Highway ninety two and south two
hundred and sixty fourth Street. The note here says that
Douglas County Emergency Management suggests that you enter the park
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along Two Rivers State Recreation Road and follow the signs
to the designated drop off locations. This is also tree
debris only. That's in Waterloo, and this is also what
we have for tree debris only in Blair. County Road
thirty eight and County Road thirty five near the airport
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in Blair is open all week. That's been open since
seven thirty this morning. They're shutting it down at three
this afternoon, as well as Third Avenue and Grant Street
same hours. And also those are both tree debris locations.
Fort Calhoun has a location drop off available for tree
debris seven thirty to three thirty a County Road forty
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seven and County Road thirty four. And if you're saying
wait what, you can call two to one one for
any questions on proper debris removal. You can call two
to one one and say I've got this, where do
I take it? You can call two one one and
say I don't have anything to drop off, but I
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know there are a lot of people who need some
help in gathering stuff up, throwing it at the back
of a truck, dropping it off.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Great.
Speaker 12 (28:45):
Call two to one one and they're organizing drop off
or volunteer hours and locations. They'll tell you you call
them and say here's what I'm willing to do, and
they'll tell you where to go.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Do it.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Your local headline from news radio eleven ten KFAB.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Two men are booked after Douglas County Sheriff's deputies found
them parked near the Tornado Impact area yesterday. Deputy saw
a suspicious vehicle near two hundred and sixteenth and fort Partner,
a road closed barricade sign. Police say the passenger, Alejandro
ra was found with a pride bar and flashlight. Wirecutters
and methamphetamine were found in the car Vera was booked
(29:23):
for burglar tools and two outstanding warrants. The driver, Shane Sirian,
was found walking in the restricted area. He was cited
for trespass. City of Omaha public Works employees will assist
residents in the Rambowood neighborhood in Elkhorn with disposal of
construction debris. The Big Orange City of Omaha dump trucks
or along Appaloosa from two hundred eighth to two hundred
and thirteenth for people to dump debris like shingles, bricks, drywall,
(29:47):
and wood. There would be skidloaders to help people with
heavy objects. I'm Craig Evans,
Now your local headlines from news Radio eleven ten.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Kayfab, we have a tornado watch in effect for our
area until seven pm. Severe weather likely across much of
eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa this afternoon and evening. In
case of severe weather that prompts outdoor warning sirens, two
of the one hundred and twenty five sirens in Douglas
County will not sound. The Douglas County Emergency Management Agency
says the outdoor warning sirens at Hillsboro Park at one
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hundred and thirty eighth Street and Names Avenue and one
hundred and sixty eighth in state streets are undergoing maintenance.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Two twenty one is the time, and my name is
Emry Sunger. Thanks for joining us here on our show today.
We'll give you an update on what's happening in the
New York versus Trump trial in New York of course momentarily,
but there is quite an interesting weather system that's going
to be soweeping through our region today and with more
in the newsroom right now is our Terry Lady, Terry
take it away.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Emory didn't take that long for the action right now
is to the southwest southwest of the Oma Council willst
Metro area in the Lincoln area. So in southeast Nebraska.
A tornado warning remains in effect for western Lancaster, Eastern Sewards,
Southeast Butler, and southwest Saunders counties.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
All right, thanks, Terry, really appreciate your insight. He'll be
keeping an eye on that throughout the rest of the
afternoon and you can call us as mentioned four, two, five, five,
eight to eleven ten. Love to talk to you about it
on our phone line is Christy. Christy, thanks for the
call today. What are you thinking about?
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Well, thank you. I'll keep it brief, but it disturbs me.
I'm a mother and I'm also a caregiver, and I'm
on my way to a job right into tornado alley there.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
But here in Omaha, say, it's tornado season, So why
are somen of these tornado sirens not functioning?
Speaker 5 (01:47):
Couldn't they have been a little ahead of the ballgame here?
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Yeah, so that's a good question, Christy, didn't you wasn't
wasn't one of the the matt Can you correct me
on this? There was a that they were going to do.
I think it was in March, like early March. They
were supposed to do the test, but it was too
cold to actually do the test. They didn't want to
run the siren because the siren it was too cold
for that. So they must be really sensitive to the weather,
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and there obviously are I'm guessing working on trying to
resolve some of those issues. But I'm with you, Christy.
I mean, they're there for a reason, and if they're
not functioning, then what are they there for?
Speaker 5 (02:22):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (02:23):
Yes, so what are we supposed to do?
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Just go stand outside and go.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
M That's a good point. And I guess maybe in
this era of technology that they're trusting that people are
able to at least be able to listen to the
radio and have their apps that tell them that they're
in a warning, or have the phone or eas like
remind them that there's something happening. I don't know, Christy,
that's a great question.
Speaker 6 (02:47):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
The best answer I could give you is stay locked
with us. We're going to be able to give you
all the updates on the warnings and watches and conditions
and things like that that are happening real time.
Speaker 7 (02:58):
So we're there for.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
You, okay.
Speaker 8 (03:01):
And I'm there for you too.
Speaker 5 (03:03):
God bless and everyone stay stafe, go outside and if
it looks.
Speaker 8 (03:07):
Green, get downstairs do something.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Thanks Christy, appreciate the call. Thanks for listening to us.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Tornado warning that has been affecting the Omaha Council Bluss
metro area and the signals of our station certainly very
important to think beyond the borders of the Omaha Council
BLUs metro area. We are in the pyramid roofing Severe
Weather Center. Go back to Emory with what you have
as we get close to trying to us sess where
we are at Emory.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, Terry in great work. As we continue to look
at this, We're going to bring in one of our
newspeople as well. Wendy Wilde is joining us, a news
director for the station, and Wendy, welcome to our show
here in Omaha. What are you seeing as well?
Speaker 9 (03:45):
The National Weather Service and emergency managers who are tracking
the observed which means confirmed tornado, are now calling it
cavastraphic potential with this tornado, they say it is a
very large tornado. This is a very recent report that
has been confirmed on the ground. So anybody who is
in the area of the tornado warning he's been hearing.
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Terry and Emery talk about you want to take cover.
Don't mess around with this one. If the kids are
in a situation where they might be homes, get them
down into the basement or into a small room. So,
according to emergency management, a building collapse in Waverley, which
is a little closer to Lincoln than Omaha, sort of
a long I eighty but between the two major cities.
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A building is reportedly collapsed there and they have not
updated that information. But the first report also came from
emergency management there, Lancaster County Emergency Management, and they said
people were trapped and they were calling for utility crews
to turn off gas and electric, which is really standard
as rescuers are looking to go into that building. We
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have not had an update on that. And again the
tornado that has been observed and confirmed in the Omaha
areas being described as capable of catastro destruction. So do
take cover if you are in that morning area.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Dice and Wendy with this information just in from the
Omah National Weather Service talking about a tornado emergency from
National Weather Service in Oma issuing a tornado warning, a
new one involving the metro area. It involves Douglas County.
Of course, Omaha metro area Douglas County is in this
tornado warning until four thirty. The tornado warning also includes
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northwest Pottawatamee County. Of course, crossing the river, the estimate
that it will generally move southwest to northeast, So this
tornado warning for Douglas County, northwest Potawatamie County, continuing with
Iowa to the north southwest Harrison County, and then back
in Nebraska to the west of Douglas County east central
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Saunders County. This is in effect until four thirty. Just
a few minutes ago, a confirmed large and destructive tornado
and Wendy was reporting on that. Wendy was observed near
the Old Coron area of Omaha, moving northeast at forty
five miles per hour, so West Omaha.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, Terry, and I just wanted to reiterate for anybody
who might just be joining us in the last ten
minutes or so that if you are trying to get
to your child at an Omaha public school now, I
would try to get a hold of either the school
or their social media or try to find more information
because they sent a letter or an email out to parents.
I'm not sure if you've been in the car, you
might not have seen it, but they say that they
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are going to be holding or delaying dismissal for the
time being with these storms in the area. So just
wanted to reiterate. Be sure to check that from your
specific school and see exactly what the situation is there
as you look to try to pick up your child
today from school, Terry, with these storms continuing to break
out in the western part of the Douglas County right now,
all right, I just want to get to the phone
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lines real quick. We have our own Gary Sattlemeyer on
the hotline right now. Gary, what are you seeing out there?
Speaker 10 (06:55):
Hey, Amery Terry. I drove through Waterloo, the southern edge
Waterloo and just to the south the village itself, the
Secamore Farms area. A lot of people will be familiar.
That's where junkstock is held. There was a major storm.
Looks like to me it was probably a tornado. There
is damage. There are trees that are stripped. We've all
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seen the images from communities that have been struck by tornadoes.
There are trees that are stripped. There, there's one building
it looks like I can't tell what it was, Probably
an outbuilding or a shed that's destroyed. There's a small house.
This is all across the road from Sycamore Farms, just
across east from Sycamore Farms that has some damage. There
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is some damage on the grounds and immediately adjacent the
Secondmore Farms. It looks like the main buildings as Secondmore
Farms are intact, but there was a lot of damage
out here. As I arrived, there was an ambulance moving
just out of Waterloo headed south with its life on.
There were tons of them emergency vehicles headed north on
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two hundred and fourth Street out of Elkhorn, and we've
had the reports up that system up north and then
moving northeast toward the Bennington area. So there are lots
of storms associated, as you guys well know with these
systems around the metro, but some extensive damage out here
in western Douglas County. And I can tell you if
that thing had been another mile north, it would have
gone directly through the village of.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Waterlook, Gary Satlemay, I really appreciate the call. Gary, Please
stay safe, Thanks for the update, and let us know
if you see anything else.
Speaker 11 (08:28):
Okay, yes, sir, all.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Right, let's go back to the phone lines. We have
our news director Wendy Wilde, who is following this as well. Wendy,
what is the latest that you are seeing?
Speaker 9 (08:37):
So I'm actually counting five active tornado warnings right now,
and what I would like to call the Omaha region,
stretching kind of from south of Omaha up through the
metro area and on up through Blair. And I'm going
to do my best again to look at the radar
while I'm talking to you and kind of outline not
the counties, but the communities that are included in these
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active tornado warnings. One of them includes Dubois Humble that
is in the far southeastern corner of the state. We
also have another tornado warning that includes Table Rock, Elk Creek, Johnson,
and Cook and then approaches Nebraska City, where yet another
tornado warning begins. So Nebraska City up through Murray, not
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quite it looks like Table Plasmus and Glenwood almost touching
Bellevue to the.
Speaker 8 (09:27):
West of that.
Speaker 9 (09:28):
Another tornado warning a little bit north of Manly, goes
up through as far north as Papillion, and then there
is another one up in the Blair area over to
Missouri Valley and then yet another tornado warning and this
one again overlapping that includes it looks like Pisca. It's
a little bit dam I'm talking to. So I just
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wanted to kind of quickly touch on all of these
active tornado warnings. And some of these are radar indicated,
but others are actually confirmed by spotters or emergency managers
they have seen them on the ground.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
All right, Thanks Wendy, really appreciate you for adding on
to this. You got a big stack of papers that
just came across the desk, Starry lay what are they
saying to you?
Speaker 4 (10:12):
And it's been quite an afternoon of storms, one of
the bigger that I've seen in my career, and a
tornado warning is an effect. And Wendy was reporting on
the tornado warnings involving the metro and the surrounding area.
This tornado warning is in effect until five o'clock for
northwest Fremont County in Iowa, western Mills just north of
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that on the Iowa side, northeast Odo County. Back on
the Nebraska side in eastern Cass County in Nebraska, this
is in effect until five A severe thunderstorm capable of
producing a tornado was four miles south of Union, northwest
of Nebraska City, moving north at forty five miles per hour.
This dangerous store, they're all dangerous today, will be near
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Union right about now, and then Murray and Beaver Lake
out of the Omaha Council Bluffs area just south just
in a couple of minutes. Other locations in the path
include Plattsmouth in Cass County. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, of course, on
the other side a Pacific junction Iowa and Mills County
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just to the other side of I twenty nine, and
Glenwood on the other side of the Less Hills from
I twenty nine in southwest Ioa and a plenty of
traffic on I twenty nine and commuters back and forth
between Glenwood and Omaha and I twenty nine. If not
the scenic bye with the old two seventy five coming
out of a council blufs, but definitely a focus on
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I twenty nine. With this tornado warning northwest Fremont, western
Mills and Iowa north the eastern Odo and eastern Cass
County on the Nebraska side of the river, it's in
effect until five.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Yeah, looking at the radar terry as we continue to
move through. We've been live wall to wall for an
hour and fifteen minutes or so since the initial Lincoln
report was coming out, and it does appear that the
south cells have now reached the Omaha metro. You're seeing
the skies very darken and continuing to get darker with
some hail and heavy rains that are moving through the area.
(12:10):
And again this is right in line with overlapping tornado
warnings that we've been monitoring for the better part of
the last forty five minutes coming from the south into
the Omaha area. As we continue to monitor exactly what
the radar looks like, but also what might be in.
Speaker 12 (12:26):
These cells.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
The tornadic ones that came out of Lincoln were the
ones in the north that just missed Omaha, but there
have been tornadoes reported in this area with other various cells.
Speaker 12 (12:37):
These are not connected.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
These are different cells that are kind of popping up
and they are getting stronger, they're weakening. New ones are
popping up. This is a very strange looking storm that
we have seen come through eastern Nebraska so far.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
This afternoon. It's seven oh two clear sky's forty six
degrees and Omaha Counciled lost forty five In Lincoln. I'm
terry Way Heat News Radio eleven ten kfab you heard
Fox News referencing this. A man dies after being injured
in the tornado the tour through Potawatamie County the community
of Mendon, Iowa on Friday. Law enforcement says the victim
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was found unconscious after the tornado and he later died
from his injuries. County Emergency Management says three other people
were also heard in the Menden tornado, which destroyed forty
to fifty homes. The Obah Public Power Desert Report service
has been restored to ninety five percent of those who
lost power during the Friday tornado. The number of people
without electricity is under a thousand in Douglas County. The
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number fluctuating at this point with a handful of reports
in Washington County.
Speaker 13 (13:39):
So we are working really hard. We still got more
than two hundred folks out in the field today trying
to get those those final customers back online.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
Jody Bakers has six transmission lines were brought down, with
four severely damaged. Assessing storm damage, confirming tornadoes, and assigning
a rating of strength as a team effort.
Speaker 14 (13:57):
Whether it was shingles off the roof, windows broken, to
the house shifted off its foundation, to the outer walls
are gone. You know, it just goes down by degrees
of damage.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
National Weather Service Media rather just Becky Kurr. Cleanup continues
across Nebraska and Ioa, of course, after at Lease eighty
tornadoes struck the two states Eastern Nebraska, Western Iowan Friday alone.
The Douglas County Hill Department works to protect those involved
in storm clean up. The Hill Department it's holding a
tetanus vaccine clinic through Thursday from ten am to two
(14:32):
pm at the Common Ground Community Center in Alcorn. I'm
Terry Wayheat News Radio eleven ten KFAB, Nebraska's news, weather
and traffic station, an online at kfab dot com, slash
News right now.
Speaker 15 (14:46):
Pleasure to welcome Jeff Beckman the program from the Salvation Army.
Our good friend. Jeffrey has been everybody at the Army's
been busy all weekend.
Speaker 11 (14:54):
Jeff good morning, Good morning, Gary, Good morning Jim. And
it was just really good here. Terry's give me news.
I was on my way home from the office the
other day and was tuned into Terry while my wife
was watching storm, you know, the storm information on television
as some of us in Elkhorn kind of hunkered down.
But he did a great job and KFA KFAB did
(15:16):
just a wonderful job a storm coverage.
Speaker 15 (15:18):
Thank you, Thank you, Jeff. I would just give us
a thumbnail if you can, of what is available in
the way of assistance and what is still needed.
Speaker 11 (15:30):
Today. What we're shifting to here in the community of Omaha,
first of all, is a disaster. We have a disaster
relief center, and today we're asking people not to drop
off any more supplies at our Bright Ideas location at
one hundred and fifty sixth than Blondeo, just east of
one hundred and fifty sixth in Blondo We were overwhelmed
by the love and support of people over the weekend
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who dropped off so many items including cash and water
and food and you know other items that are going
to be really important.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Day.
Speaker 11 (16:00):
We're focused on distribution and we really want to emphasize
that anybody who has impacted anywhere in your listing area,
whether it's Omaha, Blair, Mind and Iowa or wherever, that
they can stop by and pick up supplies, and that's
our primary focus today in Omaha, as we also try
to reassess today what our next steps will be with
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the Salvation Army working in partnership with a lot of
other organizations here in town. But we're going to try
to put a delay at least on what items were
requesting to be dropped off, and then hopefully later in
the week through Todd Andrews, our communications director, will get
information out on, you know, other items that are needed for.
Speaker 15 (16:37):
Those who are in need. Give us locations, best location
are there are.
Speaker 11 (16:41):
Several, Yeah, it's really a wonderful location and Bright Ideas.
Travis Freeman's business has offered us his parking lot by
Bright Ideas. It's just I think it's a block or
two east of one hundred and fifty sixth Inn Blonde.
And again today we would really like for generous people
who want to drop items off to kind of avoid
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that area so people impacted by the storm can stop
by and pick up supplies. We're going to ask that
people bring along some form of an ID just so
they can demonstrate that it's not somebody from outside of
the storm area. But again, I think we'll recognize people
who were hit by the storm and will want to
help them out today, and then the Salvation Army is
also going to be prepared to help him out long term,
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because that's really what we do. We're there for the
long haul. We'll be there for three months, six months,
a year, whatever these people need.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Eleven ten kfab sunshine and forty six degrees and Obaha
Council plus forty four in Lincoln, I'm Terry Well Heat
News Radio eleven ten KFABE. A fatality is reported in
the Friday afternoon outbreak of tornadoes that hit eastern Nebraska
western Iowa. That's one too many, but a lot of
the theme this through the weekend has been the fact
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that it's amazing more depths and injuries were not reported.
A man dies after being injured in the tornado that
devastated but eastern Padawan County community of Minden during that outbreak.
Law enforcement says the victim was found unconscious after the
storm hitting. He later passed away from his injuries. County
Emergency Management says three other people were also injured in
the tornado in Minden, which destroyed forty to fifty homes.
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The Omaha Public Power District making progress on service restoration,
restoring it to around ninety five percent of those who
lost power during the tornado. The number of people without
electricity is under a thousand for the most part this morning,
fluctuating up and down in Douglas County, handful of reports
in Washington.
Speaker 13 (18:33):
County six transmission lines down, four severely damaged. And obviously
look at all the homes that were destroyed in other
structures and all the debris.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
The Omaha Public Power Districts Jody Baker says about two
hundred crews are working on this disaster scene. The National
Weather Service continues to work to assess storm damage in
the area, and they run into a few obstacles.
Speaker 14 (18:57):
One of the making dangerous parts for us is the
power lines that are down and navigating around the utility
companies and so forth, so we can't interrupt them.
Speaker 4 (19:06):
And that's a National Weather Service media although just Becky Kern,
who says some results are expected later today. At least
eighty tornadoes have been confirmed across Nebraska and Iowa from
Friday alone. I'm Terry Wakey News Radio eleven ten KFAB,
Nebraska's news, weather and traffic station, and online at KFAB
dot com. Slash news.
Speaker 15 (19:27):
Very troubling Friday afternoon and evening, and then the recovery
through the weekend just getting underway. Mayor Stothor, good.
Speaker 8 (19:35):
Morning, good morning, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 15 (19:38):
You bet great to have you with us. Just give
us an overall if you can. I know the governor
has designated maybe the emergency declaration for three counties, including Douglas.
What is the overall status here in Omaha as the
recovery efforts are underway.
Speaker 8 (19:53):
Well, you know, first of all, I have to say,
we give our message a support and concern for all
of those experiencing loss. And I really wanted to think
and emphasize that all of our partners in government, like
the governor, like our federal delegation, city council members, and
nonprofit we continue to work together to provide resources and
support and that's really really important. I also will sign
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a declarare era proclamation of emergency, a disaster emergency today
that was arranged a day or so ago with Paul
Johnson with Douglas County.
Speaker 15 (20:27):
Hey, what does that new, Mayor?
Speaker 8 (20:30):
What that does is it just allows us then to
be able to get reimbursed from the state and FEMA,
federal government for disaster relief and the costs that it
will cost us. And it also lets the people know that,
you know, we had this great, big, unexpected expense that
the city. There's a lot of expenses the city will
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have to and is more than willing to cover. So
that's what that means. It makes you eligible to get
state in federal FEMA funding for reimbursements for the cleanup.
F Okay, good, but omaha did I mean? I was
just I got to say I was amazed. First of all,
our first responders, fire and police say mobilized very very quickly.
They were out on the ground before the storm finished.
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They set up command centers out in Elkhorn. Our fire
department started at four on Friday doing search and rescue
and went through every single structure that had been damaged.
They were done by about nine thirty that night. You know,
thank goodness, no one was killed. I know we're all
talking about that, but you know, there's things that we
are still doing. It it's still an effort of assessing
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the situation and really, once we know what the task is,
the city will act immediately to help everyone in need
of our assistance and get Our goal is to get
people back in their homes as soon as possible. So
you know, I had already asked Councilman brinker Harding because
it's mostly in his district. There is something in city
code that this council will vote to way tomorrow, which
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I'm sure they will, to waive any kind of building permits.
We do have a meeting today with Douglas County Briefing
at ten am and all of our chief inspectors will
be there to see what we can do to expediate
the help that everyone is needing to get people their
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permits and to get them back in their homes. The
building permits will be prioritized and expedited. We're going to
do all of that that we possibly can to help
people get back in their home.
Speaker 7 (22:31):
Just to clarify what you're doing with building permits, Mayor,
what you're doing is you're prioritizing building permits for reconstruction
of homes lost to storms. You're not waving requirements for
getting a building permit.
Speaker 8 (22:44):
Right, well, not waving the requirement, but because that's about
safety exact. You know, to have a building permit is
all about safety and to make sure that that house
is either going to be demoed and rebuilt or reconstructed
if they're able to. What I am saying is that
number one, we're not going to charge for those building permits.
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And number two, the meeting today will discuss what we
can do working with Douglas County to expedite those permits
and get them prioritized and get them done as quick
as they can, whatever it takes to get these people
back in their houses as soon as.
Speaker 13 (23:20):
They can, just quickly.
Speaker 15 (23:21):
Mayor do the emergency declarations allow for any direct financial
support for families who maybe living months to month and
all of a sudden they got no home, you.
Speaker 8 (23:34):
Know, not directly to families. It's mostly about clean up
in the area and getting you back the way you
were before, which is a huge amount of dollars. But
these foundations that we have that I just mentioned, I mean,
I was amazed by Saturday. This happened on Friday. By Saturday,
the amount of money that had already come in in
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the huge amount of money from some of our big
companies in Omaha was just it was unbelievable. And so
people are really giving money for those things that you
just said that, especially United Way and Elma Community Foundation.
You know they helped us with our ARPA funding and
they know how to get that money out and to
make sure it's being used for the right purpose.
Speaker 15 (24:15):
Okay, mere, thank you. Let us know any more information
that needs to get out will be here.
Speaker 8 (24:19):
You bet, thanks for having me.
Speaker 15 (24:20):
Appreciate your time. Mary Jane Stothard here on kfab's morning News.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Now your local headlines from news Radio eleven ten DAYFAB.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
The Better Business Bureau says scammers are likely to follow
last weekend's tornado disaster. The bureau offers a few tips
to avoid being scammed while seeking recovery relief. They recommend
starting by carefully assessing damage, including taking photos and determining
what is covered by insurance. The bureau website offers a
list of contractors with good reviews. The Baraska Governor Jim
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Hillon issues in emergency declaration for three counties impacted by
severe storms late last week. The declaration covers Douglas, Lancaster,
and Washington counties, and it allows for the use of
the Governor's Emergency he fun for assistance. Hundreds of homes
are damaged or destroyed as tornadoes tore across parts of
eastern Nebraska. On Friday, one count has eighty tornadoes in
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Nebraska and Iowa, as several teams are out from the
National Weather Service serving tornado damage to reap their strength.
Possibly more information later today. I'm Terry Lady, Well, good morning.
Speaker 12 (25:21):
Thank you so much for being here with us on
Nebraska's news, weather and traffic station News Radio eleven to
ten KFAB. I'm Scott Vorhees here with Lucy Chapman, and
we especially appreciate you listening if you're waiting in line
to drop off debris and if you're wondering where do
I do that and what debris where? The latest we
(25:44):
have on this is in Omaha. Greenbrier Park, which is
near two hundred ninth Street and Park Road in Elkhorn
is now open as of a few minutes ago, open
until seven o'clock, and Brier Park there and near two
hundred ninth in Park Road is only taking tree debris
(26:07):
right now. Gary and Jim talked with Omaha Mayor Jean Stothard,
who is meeting with department heads in the next hour,
and they're working on trying to open up a drop
off site here in Omaha for house debris furniture, you know,
all the rest of that stuff. But right now in Omaha,
(26:27):
it's Greenbriar Park near two hundred ninth in Park Road,
and that's open till seven o'clock tonight. That is only
for tree debris. In Bennington, you can go to Bennington
Boulevard in one hundred and fifty sixth Street. That's south
of the Bennington Fire and Rescue Community. And if you're thinking, oh, okay,
(26:47):
well we're in Elkhorn, or we had damage in Omaha
or Blair and they're taking house debris at this place
in Bennington, we'll go over there. I think they're checking ID.
This specifically says open to Bennington residents only at the
Bennington Boulevard one hundred and fifty sixth Street location. That's
(27:10):
for tree and house debris, but it's only for Bennington residents.
In Waterloo, Two Rivers State Park is now open as
of a few minutes ago till five o'clock today, and
that's right there off Highway ninety two and south two
hundred and sixty fourth Street. The note here says that
Douglas County Emergency Management suggests that you enter the park
(27:33):
along Two Rivers State Recreation Road and follow the signs
to the designated drop off locations. This is also tree
debris only. That's in Waterloo, and this is also what
we have for tree debris only in Blair. County Road
thirty eight and County Road thirty five near the airport
(27:54):
in Blair is open all week. That's been open since
seven thirty this morning. They're shutting it down at three
this afternoon, as well as Third Avenue and Grant Street
same hours. And also those are both tree debris locations.
Fort Calhoun has a location drop off available for tree
debris seven thirty to three thirty a County Road forty
(28:16):
seven and County Road thirty four. And if you're saying
wait what, you can call two to one one for
any questions on proper debris removal. You can call two
to one one and say I've got this, where do
I take it? You can call two one one and
say I don't have anything to drop off, but I
(28:36):
know there are a lot of people who need some
help in gathering stuff up, throwing it at the back
of a truck, dropping it off.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Great.
Speaker 12 (28:45):
Call two to one one and they're organizing drop off
or volunteer hours and locations. They'll tell you you call
them and say here's what I'm willing to do, and
they'll tell you where to go.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
Do it.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Your local headline from news radio eleven ten KFAB.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Two men are booked after Douglas County Sheriff's deputies found
them parked near the Tornado Impact area yesterday. Deputy saw
a suspicious vehicle near two hundred and sixteenth and fort Partner,
a road closed barricade sign. Police say the passenger, Alejandro
ra was found with a pride bar and flashlight. Wirecutters
and methamphetamine were found in the car Vera was booked
(29:23):
for burglar tools and two outstanding warrants. The driver, Shane Sirian,
was found walking in the restricted area. He was cited
for trespass. City of Omaha public Works employees will assist
residents in the Rambowood neighborhood in Elkhorn with disposal of
construction debris. The Big Orange City of Omaha dump trucks
or along Appaloosa from two hundred eighth to two hundred
and thirteenth for people to dump debris like shingles, bricks, drywall,
(29:47):
and wood. There would be skidloaders to help people with
heavy objects. I'm Craig Evans,
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