(28 Apr 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Omaha, Nebraska – 27 April 2024
1. People comforting each other
2. SOUNDBITE (English) James Stennis, Omaha resident:
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“We barely made it to the basement and then heard the destruction going on upstairs. Wow. Yeah.”
3. James Stennis home rubble
4. SOUNDBITE (English) James Stennis, Omaha resident
“We’re just taking it day by day. You come upstairs, and see that you have no house emerging from the basement. You’re home, but you’re actually homeless, you know? So, just the gravity of all that.”
5. Residents dig through rubble of leveled home
6. Residents walking though rubble
7. Person walking through debris
8. Exterior of Staci Roe’s home damage
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Staci Roe, Omaha resident
“It’s a sinking feeling. This was our forever home. And we’ve moved twice in the last two years. And we were supposed to be done. Yeah. And we came home and there was no home to really come to.”
10. Inside roof damage of Staci Roe’s home
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Staci Roe, Omaha resident
“We’re, we’re alive. I mean, things can be replaced. One of the volunteers here said, actually, there was stuff from this neighborhood being found in Blanco, Iowa. So I had vintage family photos that are still unaccounted for. I’d like to find those. But we’re alive. Things can be replaced.”
12. Board stuck in wall of Staci Roe’s home
13. Residents cleaning up debris
14. Overturned car
15. Residents cleaning up debris
16. Home with collapsed roof
STORYLINE:
SOUNDBITE (English) James Stennis, Omaha resident
“We barely made it to the basement and then heard the destruction going on upstairs. Wow. Yeah.”
SOUNDBITE (English) James Stennis, Omaha resident
“We’re just taking it day by day. You come upstairs, and see that you have no house emerging from the basement. You’re home, but you’re actually homeless, you know? So, just the gravity of all that.”
RESIDENTS BEGAN SHIFTING THROUGH THE RUBBLE SATURDAY AFTER A TORNADO PLOWED THROUGH SUBURBAN OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
THE TWISTER SLAMMED INTO THE ELKHORN NEIGHBORHOOD IN WESTERN OMAHA — A CITY OF 485,000 PEOPLE WITH A METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION OF ABOUT ONE MILLION.
SOUNDBITE (English) Staci Roe, Omaha resident
“Probably utter dread. It’s just. Yeah, it’s a sinking feeling. This was our forever home. And we’ve moved twice in the last two years. And we were supposed to be done. Yeah. And we came home and there was no home to really come to.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Staci Roe, Omaha resident:
“We’re, we’re alive. I mean, things can be replaced. One of the volunteers here said, actually, there was stuff from this neighborhood being found in Blanco, Iowa. So I have I had vintage family photos that are still unaccounted for. I’d like to find those. But we’re alive. Things can be replaced.”
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAID ONE, POSSIBLY TWO TORNADOES SPENT AROUND AN HOUR MOVING TOWARD OMAHA. LEAVING BEHIND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF 3 TWISTER WITH WINDS 135 TO 165 MILES PER HOUR.
ACCORDING TO THE DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN NEBRASKA, NO FATALITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND FEWER THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE WERE TREATED AT OMAHA AREA HOSPITALS.
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