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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

7 March, 2003.
These are areal pictures of the ice jam on the Loup and Platte rivers nears Columbus, NE.

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Loup Canal and Platte River

 
 
 
 

Platte River and Loup Rivers

 
 
   
 

Platte River and Loup River meet

 
 
   
 

Platte River between Schuyler and Columbus

 
 
   
 

Quail Run Golf Course

 
 
   
 

Railroad bridge west of Columbus on Loup River

 
 
   
 

Sewage Plant

 
 
   
 

Loup River at Hwy 81 bridge

 
 
   
 

Railroad bridge on Platte River east of Loup Canal

 
 
   
 

Center of Loup River looking north near Hwy 81 bridge

 
 
   
 

Ice on sandbar in Loup River near Hwy 81 bridge

 
 
   
 

Loup River looking west fron dike next to Hwy 81 bridge

 
 
   
 

North bank of Loup River looking east near Hwy 81

 
 
   
 

Loup river at north side of Hwy 81 bridge looking east

 
 
   
 

South bank of Loup River near Hwy 81 looking east

 
 
   
   
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