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Yes, it has been windier in Nebraska. Scientists are trying to figure out why

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Yes, it has been windier in Nebraska. Scientists are trying to figure out why

• Nancy Gaarder Omaha World-Herald
• Apr 18, 2022
• Apr 18, 2022 Updated May 25, 2023
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Wind kicks up dust east of Missouri Valley, Iowa, last week.

• CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

High winds wrapped a tarp around a light pole in Omaha on Thursday.

• CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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Nancy Gaarder Omaha World-Herald

Increasing wind gusts have caused dust storms and fueled fires in the midwest

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A truck drives past a wildfire north of Crescent, Iowa, on Friday. The area was in a red flag warning because of high winds.

CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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After brown winter and dry spring, experts say drought conditions could worsen this summer

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Many people are noticing the strong and relentless winds this spring. Here, smoke and debris blow from a wildfire near Crescent, Iowa, as the area experienced high winds last month.

CHRIS MACHIAN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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Watch now: 'I hope I never have to relive that' — Residents in path of massive wildfire recall its destruction

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LINCOLN, NEB. - 12/15/2021 - City workers remove a tree fallen on a car after the strom, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at 13th and Pawnee Streets. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

JUSTIN WAN Journal Star

Damage to a home near Ithaca on Wednesday.

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

Damage to a home near Ithaca on Wednesday.

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

LINCOLN, NEB. - 12/15/2021 - City workers remove a tree fallen on a car after the strom, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at 13th and Pawnee Streets. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

JUSTIN WAN Journal Star

Damage to a home near Ithaca on Wednesday. 

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

A suspected tornado destroyed the garage on a Ithaca farmstead, tossing the remnants onto the roof of a nearby home. Tornadoes, rare events in December in Nebraska, were reported from near Hastings, in northeast Nebraska near Columbus and north of Lincoln.

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

Lincoln, NE - 12/15/2021 - Winds knocked over a hackberry tree in Antelope Park on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

City workers remove a tree that toppled onto a car parked near 13th and Pawnee streets during Wednesday's storm.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Neighbors check out downed trees on Sheridan Boulevard near Bradfield Drive on Wednesday.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Lincoln, NE - 12/15/2021 - Downed trees block the sidewalk on Sheridan Boulevard near Bradfield Drive on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

A tree was down at 4 p.m. Wednesday on 19th Street near Van Dorn.

MATT OLBERDING, Journal Star

A funnel cloud formed on the west side of Wood River at 1:45 p.m. The sky became brown-gray, and moments later a powerful rush of wind and rain struck the town. It cleared and calmed within five minutes and the storm moved northeast scattering debris, damaging fences and knocking down some power lines. 

Independent/Brandon Summers

A construction crane stands still as high winds move through Lincoln on Wednesday.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Husker running back Markese Stepp watches as a storm passes through Lincoln on Wednesday.

ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD

A view of stormy skies over the construction of Robinson Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon. Potential high winds that could have ripped insulation off the roof of the under-construction school were a worry for Scott Wieskamp, Lincoln Public Schools' director of operations.

EAKIN HOWARD, Journal Star

A storm approaches Lincoln on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021.

ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD

In the aftermath of the strong winds and storms Wednesday afternoon, a large tree and a street sign were knocked down along 33rd Avenue between 31st and 34th streets in Columbus.

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

Strong winds blew over a traffic sign near downtown Beatrice Wednesday afternoon. 

Daily Sun staff

Ominous clouds approach from the west as viewed from Skyline Drive on Wednesday.

CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD

A camper at a residence on 30th Avenue in Columbus, near Lost Creek School, is turned on its side following strong storms and wind Wednesday afternoon.

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

A fence in Lincoln was knocked over by the wind Monday afternoon.

L. KENT WOLGAMOTT, Journal Star

The 85 mph winds on Wednesday caused not only damage to the historical sign at Grand Island's Pioneer Park, but also caused a large branch to snap and briefly block a portion of Second Street.

Independent/McKenna Lamoree

Debris from strong storms and wind Wednesday afternoon was seen along 33rd Avenue in Columbus. 

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

Utility crews could be seen along 38th Street near Lost Creek School in Columbus on Wednesday following severe storms and strong winds. Some Loup Public Power customers lost power after the storm.

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

Trash cans blow out into the street during Wednesday's wind storm. Wednesday brought record heat and wind for mid-December to the area.

John Grinvalds, Beatrice Daily Sun

A basketball hoop tipped over in a Beatrice yard during Wednesday's wind storm. Wind gusts in the area went beyond 60 mph.

John Grinvalds, Beatrice Daily Sun

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Many people are noticing the strong and relentless winds this spring. Here, smoke and debris blow from a wildfire near Crescent, Iowa, as the area experienced high winds last month.

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