The great flood of 2019 spread destruction widely across Nebraska. But it vented its fury on two of the state’s most important military installations as if it were an invading army.
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Lt. Col. Dustin Young demonstrates the height of the stilts holding up the new buildings at the Nebraska National Guard’s Camp Ashland last month.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
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This levee near Offutt Air Force Base was overwhelmed by floodwaters in March 2019. Soon after, the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District and the Army Corps of Engineers embarked on a $32 million project to shore up two levees near Offutt against future floods.
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About 3,000 feet of the 11,700-foot runway at Offutt Air Force Base was under water when this photo was taken, at the time the 2019 flood crested.
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The new battalion headquarters at Camp Ashland was built on stilts.
CHRIS MACHIAN photos, THE WORLD-HERALD
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The newest buildings at Camp Ashland were built on stilts to help them survive flooding.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
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