Unprecedented flooding hits parts of US

Historic flooding continues to devastate parts of the central United States.

The disaster was initiated during the second week of March when what is referred to as a “bomb cyclone” moved out of the Rockies and into the Plains dropping heavy rain and triggering smowmelt.

The images below capture the widespread extent of the ongoing flooding.

While residents in Nebraska and Iowa are beginning to clean up, states downstream can only wait as the rivers have yet to crest.