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Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of August 2024
Trucks loaded with tree debris stretches west of Center Street as they head to Towl Park to drop it off in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Severe weather hit the Omaha area Wednesday night.
Tree debris landed on a vehicle near 15th and Pine Streets in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Severe weather hit the Omaha area Wednesday night.
Tree debris landed on a vehicle near 15th and Pine Streets in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Severe weather hit the Omaha area Wednesday night.
OPPD's Tyler Wehrli, left, and Matt Liston work on a powerline near 49th Avenue and Francis Street in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Severe weather hit the Omaha area Wednesday night and knocked out power to thousands. Severe weather hit the Omaha area Wednesday night and knocked out power to thousands.
Angel Flores gives Elias Lopez a haircut outside of the Ace Of Fades Barbershop in Omaha on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Severe weather knocked out power to hundreds of thousands in the Omaha area on Wednesday. Flores said it was too hot to do inside the barbershop, so he cut Lopez's hair in front, on the corner of 13th and Vinton Streets in the shade before it got too hot out. The high for Omaha was forecast to be in the low 90s according to the National Weather Service.
Angel Flores gives Elias Lopez a haircut outside of the Ace Of Fades Barbershop in Omaha on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Severe weather knocked out power to hundreds of thousands in the Omaha area on Wednesday. Flores said it was too hot to do inside the barbershop, so he cut Lopez's hair in front, on the corner of 13th and Vinton Streets in the shade before it got too hot out. The high for Omaha was forecast to be in the low 90s according to the National Weather Service.
Close to 200 trucks are staging in a parking lot near the University of Nebraska at Omaha's baseball and softball fields in Omaha on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Severe weather knocked out power to hundreds of thousands in the Omaha area on Wednesday.
OPPD's Matt Liston works on a powerline near 49th Avenue and Francis Street in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Severe weather hit the Omaha area Wednesday night and knocked out power to thousands.
A tree crushed a truck near 42nd and Layafette Streets in Omaha on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. A storm last Wednesday left widespread damage.
Noelle Martinez hits a wiffle ball thrown by Mike Jenkins during a National Night Out event at Christie Heights Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips performs in front of a giant inflatable pink robot at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Fans sing along to the The Flaming Lips at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips performs at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Fans play with a giant inflatable ball as Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips sings at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Fans reach for a giant inflatable ball during The Flaming Lips concert at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips performs at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips sings at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Men I Trust performs at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Men I Trust performs at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Todd Fink of The Faint performs at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Michael Dappen of The Faint performs at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
The Faint performs at the Outlandia music festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Festival attendees line up at the barricade before Flipturn’s performance at Outlandia Music Festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.
Madeline Jarman, Flipturn’s bassist, flips her hair during their performance at Outlandia Music Festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.
J.J. Wenzl, of Spokane, Washington, dances during Flipturn’s performance at Outlandia Music Festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.
Zack Feinberg, guitarist for The Revivalists, left, and David Shaw, lead vocalist, play their guitars together during their performance at Outlandia Music Festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.
The Head and the Heart is joined on stage by The Revivalists during their performance at Outlandia Music Festival at Falconwood Park in Bellevue, on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.
Abubakr Khayitov, left, Yahyo Akbarzoda, center, and Brooke Khayitov, right, all of Omaha, clear out the back of their truck at Levi Carter Park in Omaha, on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024.
A group of people help clean up broken trees and branches in a neighborhood after a storm tore them down on 120th Street in Omaha, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Hunter Leonovicz, left, Heather Leonovicz, center, and Jacob Leonovicz, right, all of Omaha, dry of their chickens after a storm blew through their yard on 120th Street in Omaha, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Fifth grader Nolan Wrench high fives and walks through a tunnel made by Millard South High School football players on the first day of school at Upchurch Elementary School in Omaha, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.
Kendra Ray, kindergarten teacher, helps her students put coloring pages away on the first day of school at Upchurch Elementary School in Omaha, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.
Christ De Lima, of Omaha, center, gets his hair cut by Saul Sanchez, barber, center right, at Ace of Fades barbershop in Omaha, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Austin Greaser tees off on the first hole during the final round of the Pinnacle Bank Championship at The Club at Indian Creek in Omaha on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024.
Nebraska's Abbey Schwarz (6) celebrates after scoring a goal as Kansas City's Maddie Sibbing (0) reacts in the background during the first half of a women's college soccer exhibition match at Hibner Stadium in Fairfield on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.
Omaha Westside players practice on the school's baseball field in Omaha on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.
Matt McCarty celebrates after winning the Pinnacle Bank Championship at The Club at Indian Creek in Omaha on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024.
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule reacts during a practice in Lincoln on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
Logan McAllister putts on the eighth hole during the first round of the Pinnacle Bank Championship at The Club at Indian Creek in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.
Second graders begin their first day of school with coloring at Rockbrook Elementary School in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.
Gov. Jim Pillen and EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe answer questions from reporters after a news conference in Omaha on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. The Nebraska Department of Environment and EnergyÕs was selected for a $307 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant by the EPA.
Nebraska's Rahmir Johnson (14) runs a drill during a practice at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.
Kathy Mentzer, left, greets Becky Barrientos-Patlan at a fundraiser for Barrientos-Patlan at the Victory Boxing in Omaha on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024.
A worker puts the finishing touches on the new Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion, right, at the Joslyn Museum in Omaha on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The part on the left is the original building for the Joslyn Museum.
Nearly 80,000 people attended the 2024 Defenders of Freedom Air & Space Show Saturday and Sunday at Offutt Air Force Base.
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform during the Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show in Offutt Air Force Base on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
People walk around areas that are normally restricted during the Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show in Offutt Air Force Base on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
People line up through the KC-46 Pegasus during the Defenders of Freedom Air and Space Show in Offutt Air Force Base on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
