Drought leaves Platte River near Columbus, Nebraska mostly dry
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Photos: Platte River mostly dry near Columbus, Nebraska
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A car heads south on the U.S. 81 bridge over a mostly dry Platte River south of Columbus on Thursday. Flows at Duncan, near Columbus, are less than 5 percent the typical amount for this time of year.
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Jaren Frost picks up a fish from a puddle underneath the U.S. Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus on Thursday. Frost was hoping that by moving it to a deeper puddle, he could spare the fish from the fate of the one behind him.
The Platte River is mostly dry upstream of Columbus, Nebraska (copy)
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Nick Soulliere and his daughter Kennedy, 11, take a break from four-wheeling in a mostly dry Platte River bed.
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Fish lay dying in a puddle underneath the Highway 81 bridge.
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A dead fish sits in the sand underneath the Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus, Nebraska on a mostly dry Platte River bed on Thursday.
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Jaren Frost carries a fish he rescued from a puddle underneath the Highway 81 bridge in a mostly dry Platte River south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday. Frost was hoping by moving it to a deeper puddle to the east, he could spare the fish.
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Jaren Frost picks up a fish from a puddle underneath the Highway 81 bridge in a mostly dry Platte River south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday. Frost was hoping by moving it to a deeper puddle to the east, he could spare the fish.
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Looking towards the north at a mostly dry Platte River bed underneath the Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday.
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Looking towards the west at a mostly dry Platte River bed next to the Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday.
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Tire tracks cover the mostly dry Platte River bed near the Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday.
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A truck heads north on the 81 bridge over a mostly dry Platte River south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday.
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Looking towards the west at a mostly dry Platte River bed next to the Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday.
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The sun sets behind the Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus, Nebraska, on a mostly dry Platte River bed on Thursday.
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Tire tracks and footprints cover the mostly dry Platte River bed near the Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus, Nebraska on Thursday.
