Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base Inundated by Floodwaters; Runway Closed; 60 Buildings Damaged
At a Glance About a third of the base has been cut off by floodwaters.Thirty buildings have as much as 8 feet of water in them.Offutt is the second U.S. Air Force Base to be hit by a natural disaster in less than six months. Flooding from the Missouri River has shut down the runway and inundated 30 buildings at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha, Nebraska. Offutt is home to U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees America's strategic nuclear...