LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Record rainfall flooded roads and stranded motorists in Nebraska overnight into Thursday, while flash and river flooding continued in parts of Kansas and Missouri, the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) reported.
Lincoln, Nebraska's state capital, recorded 156.2 millimeters of rain Wednesday, breaking its all-time single-day record of 138.4 millimeters set on Aug. 29, 1910, the NWS said.
Omaha received 120.4 millimeters of rain Wednesday, breaking the previous daily rainfall record of 50.3 millimeters set in 1911, according to the NWS.
The Nebraska State Climate Office said Lincoln had its wettest September on record, with 291.8 millimeters, while Omaha recorded its second-wettest September.
Lancaster County, which includes Lincoln, declared a local state of emergency Thursday.
The NWS said Gulf moisture and the remnants of former Hurricane Polo contributed to significant rainfall and flooding in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Flooding covered roads, submerged vehicles and triggered a mudslide near Crescent, Iowa, the agency said.
In northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri, flash and river flooding was ongoing Thursday afternoon, the NWS Kansas City office said. Radar estimates indicated widespread rainfall of about 51 to 102 millimeters since Tuesday.
The NWS issued a flash-flood emergency Tuesday after dam operators and county officials reported the imminent failure of McLeod Dam. ■
