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The Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) sustained extensive roof damage to two housing units during a storm on Saturday, August 9, 2025.

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Photos: Lincoln continues to clean up from weekend storms

Cars and trucks circle around a growing pile of storm debris to drop off branches and limbs in the Star City Shores parking lot on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Lincoln.

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Tree debris piles up at the Star City Shores parking lot Monday.

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Bertha Mesarch, left, and her son Mark dump branches from their truck at a tree debris drop-off site outside Star City Shores on Monday.

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Big Red Junk Removal's Seth Novak moves a tree limb at a drop-off site outside Star City Shores on Monday.

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Mark Mesarch, front, tosses a branch into a pile of tree debris outside Star City Shores on Monday.

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Big Red Junk Removal's Ryan Dontigney, left, and Seth Novak move branches at a tree debris drop-off site outside Star City Shores on Monday.

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Bowman, a doodle mix, left, waits in the back of a truck as his owner Troy Heller, right, drops off tree debris at a drop-off site outside Star City Shores on Monday.

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A Lincoln Electric System crew member inspects electrical wires near Woods Park on Monday. Power outages continued for some people Monday after Saturday's storm.

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Big Red Junk Removal's Ryan Dontigney, center, unloads a tree limb from a trailer at a tree debris drop-off site outside Star City Shores on Monday.

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Tree debris piles up in the Star City Shores parking lot Monday. 

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Tree debris piles up in the Star City Shores parking lot Monday.

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A tree limb rest on a telephone wire near south 42th and Randolph street Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Lincoln.

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Troy Heller, left, wraps up his tie-down straps after offloading storm debris in the Star City Shores parking lot on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Lincoln.

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Leroy Novak, from left, and Raiden and Grayson Christian work to unload tree limbs in the Star City Shores parking lot on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Lincoln.

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Brothers Emmit and Leo Bolster, from left, assist Monique Stokebrand as they unload tree limbs at a storm debris drop-off site in the Star City Shores parking lot on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Lincoln.

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A downed tree blocks the road near Neighbors Park at South 29th and D streets on Monday.

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A downed tree blocks the roadway near south 29th and M streets Monday.

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A Lincoln Electric System crew member inspects electrical wires near Woods Park on Monday.

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A tree limb awaits removal on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, after crashing through a fence of a home near 31st and N streets in Lincoln.

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Big Red Junk Removal's Ryan Dontigney, center, and Seth Novak, right, unload a tree limb into a storm debris drop-off site at the Star City Shores parking lot on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Lincoln.

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