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Kearney Residents Cleaning Up After Flooding

Kearney,-NEKEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Residents of Kearney are cleaning up debris and damage after heavy rain Friday night caused flooding in the eastern Nebraska city.

At least 3.89 inches of rain fell Friday night and flooding streets and some buildings in Kearney.

Buffalo County Emergency Manager Darrin Lewis says most of the rain fell in under an hour. That caused floor drains in many homes in eastern and central Kearney to back up.

One business that was especially hard hit was the Kearney Drive-In Self Storage because floodwater invaded all 378 units. Many people who rent storage units spent the weekend trying to salvage what they could.

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