Seeing a few sprinkles light up the radar to the west and some mostly cloudy skies. Measurable rain however is pretty unlikely today. Landowners who oppose the keystone xl pipeline continued in oneill nebraska yesterday. Landowners in holt county are suing transcanada over a state law that granted the Keystone Xl Pipeline Company Eminent Domain for private gain they appeared in court for oral arguments in their case. No witnesses testified. All testimony had to be submitted in writing ahead of time. Back in 2013. Former governor Dave Heineman approved a nebraska route for the pipeline. But that decision is still being challenged. And if were right the statute was invalid then the governors proported approval was not an approval because he wasnt authorized to give it jessica rae the judge could make a ruling on the case as early as next month. Jessica rae a week long effort to keep kids away from drugs and alcohol got underway in sioux city. Red ribbon week kicked off last night at long
Soil has s lot of phosphorus and potassium and our crops, soybeans and corn, have a difficict time extracting those from soil. But he says cover crops help. This year. Hes testing out radishes d field peas. Tillage radish and field peas have an easier time getting it out of the soil. So they absorb it into the plant. And when they die they release it back out and then the soybean and the corn can get the nutrient easier now because its in a more organic form, said john cover crops increase the number of organisms living in the soil. It also reduces erosion. And cuts the amount of nitrates that leak into ground water. And those arent the only benefits john has reaped. I saw pretty close to a five bushel increase on my soybeans where we did it, said wilcox, plants cover crops. John says it cost him about 25 dollars per acre. To plant the crops using a crop duster. But farmers can get financial assistance. Those incentives are available to producers who may have never tried cover crops be
It. Carter. Reporter scott, these are just a few of the hundreds of vehicles that drivers had to abandon as a wall of mud came down the hill and overwhelmed this highway. It happened so fast, that many of these cars were buried up to their windows in a matter of minutes. The floods came with little warning. Oh, my god run for yr Life Reporter torrential rain, four inches an hour, triggered massive mudslides, trapping rush hour drivers on busy interstate 5. Nearly 200 cars and trucks were overwhelmed in less than 10 minutes. I have never seen anything like this. Reporter how long is that going to take to clear the mud and all those automobiles out there . Only escape for some was through the floodwater. Others climbed on top of their cars. All the cars are floating beside us. Reporter further east, trucker will nissen captured this video as 20 feet of mud and rocks lifted several sem is, across the highway. Search and rescue teams are now looking for cars that may have been buried compl
Of these cars were buried up to their windows in a matter of minutes. The floods came with little warning. Oh, my god run for yr Life Reporter torrential rain, four inches an hour, triggered massive mudslides, trapping rush hour drivers on busy interstate 5. Nearly 200 cars and trucks were overwhelmed in less than 10 minutes. I have never seen anything like this. Reporter how long is that going to take to clear the mud and all those automobiles out there . Only escape for some was through the floodwater. Others climbed on top of their cars. All the cars are floating beside us. Reporter further east, trucker will nissen captured this video as 20 feet of mud and rocks lifted several sem is, across the highway. Search and rescue teams are now looking for cars that may have been buried completely. Deputy john dietrich. Were trying to probe down were not sure, but we dont want to leave somebody potentially trapped down there. Reporter golf ballsized hail spell in some areas. Melissa nuesca,
Along highways north of los angeles. Road crews spent the whole day hauling away the mud and the vehicles, just to try to get the roads open 15. Carter evans is in the thick of it. Carter. Reporter scott, these are just a few of the hundreds of vehicles that drivers had to abandon as a wall of mud came down the hill and overwhelmed this highway. It happened so fast, that many of these cars were buried up to their windows in a matter of minutes. The floods came with little warning. Oh, my god run for yr Life Reporter torrential rain, four inches an hour, triggered massive mudslides, trapping rush hour drivers on busy interstate 5. Nearly 200 cars and trucks were overwhelmed in less than 10 minutes. I have never seen anything like this. Reporter how long is that going to take to clear the mud and all those automobiles out there . Only escape for some was through the floodwater. Others climbed on top of their cars. All the cars are floating beside us. Reporter further east, trucker will n