Nebraska gets $50M for dam destroyed during 2019 floods
May 1, 2021
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Federal officials are giving Nebraska more than $50 million to work on a Niobrara River dam that collapsed during the disastrous March 2019 flooding, killing a man who lived just below it.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the award Friday. The money is intended to cover 75% of the cost of the project, with the rest to come from state and local sources.
The 93-year-old Spencer Dam was overwhelmed in a surge of ice boulders, with some chunks measured up to 2 feet (0.61 meters) thick and 20 feet (6.10 meters) long. The storm also caused other major damage across Nebraska.
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