Nebraska historic midwest flooding – Meanwhile Missouri towns ordered to evacuate

Even as a Missouri town was ordered to evacuate Wednesday, officials are already beginning to tally up the damage from the historic flooding

that has devastated the Midwest, which could be in the billions when all is said and done.Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts told reporters the “preliminary and initial” damage losses from the flooding in the state are estimated to be more than $1.3 billion, including $439 million in infrastructure losses, $85 million in private homes and business losses, $400 million in livestock and $440 million in crop losses.Ricketts said these initial estimates are included in a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to initialize a federal emergency declaration.Ricketts noted that 2,067 homes were damaged and 341 business were damaged or lost statewide.