NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – Work continues to safeguard the North
Platte airport from flooding.
Col. Robert Ruch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says
crews are working to raise the levee protecting the airport from
the swollen North Platte River. Work should be finished by Tuesday.
The North Platte River is swollen because of steady spring rain
and above-normal mountain snowpack that have filled upstream
reservoirs. The river converges with the South Platte River at
North Platte to form the Platte River.