News Nebraska underwater: 74 cities, 65 counties declare emergencies as flooding envelops state March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 John Bacon and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Comments Off on Nebraska underwater: 74 cities, 65 counties declare emergencies as flooding envelops state Seventy-four cities, 65 counties and four tribal areas in Nebraska declared states of emergency Tuesday as swaths of the Midwest battled flooding rivers.