CNN10 - 3/20/19 “气旋炸弹”袭击美国中西部,建筑遭洪水“没顶”🌊

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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: On the vernal equinox, what's officially the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere we're thankful you've set aside 10 minutes to watch CNN 10.

I'm Carl Azuz at the CNN Center.

In the U. S. Midwest, the north central part of the country there are states of emergency in Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin.

Lots of rain plus melting snow, plus a late winter snow storm brought by a bomb cyclone have left many places underwater.

Part of the problem was that the ground was still frozen when the rain came and it wasn't able to absorb the water.

So it found its way to rivers and streams and caused them to burst their banks and spread water all over.

On Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service said more than 8 million people were under flood warnings.

Nebraska was hit particularly hard.

Its governor said the flooding was the most widespread disaster Nebraska had ever faced.

U. S. Vice President Mike Pence traveled there yesterday to survey the damage.

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