Those living and working near Nebraska and Iowa waterways are wary, remaining on high alert for a repeat of the destruction that caused billions in damages to homes, roads, bridges and livestock operations.

"The fact that we still haven’t recovered from last year and might get hit again this year certainly causes concern," said Audrey Cline, who lives along the Wood River in Shelton, Nebraska. Her family's property flooded twice last year, in March and July.

The weather conditions that combined to create massive, widespread flooding across the eastern third of Nebraska and parts of western Iowa last March are not quite the same this year. This winter has been warmer and drier, with less thick ice forming on rivers.

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