US: Dramatic Footage Shows Truck Toppled By Intense Winds As Storm Wreaks Havoc In Nebraska

A video is going viral on social media showing the moment a truck was toppled by intense winds during a storm in Nebraska, US.

The dashcam video captured a semi-trailer losing control and being blown over on its side in hurricane-force wind gusts in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Fortunately, the driver was wearing a seat belt and was not injured, Nebraska State Patrol said.

At least 55 wind gusts over 75mph were recorded across the US' Midwest, breaking the previous record of most hurricane-force winds in a single day, according to the National Weather Service.

The extreme winds created near-blind driving conditions in Kansas, knocked over semi-trucks in Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa, fanned wildfires in Oklahoma and has left more than 300,000 people without power, Daily Mail reported.

Today (12/15) has set the record for the most number of hurricane force (75+ mph) thunderstorm wind gusts in a day (55, and counting) since 2004. The previous record was from August 10, 2020 with 53. pic.twitter.com/bqULyJJEw5

¡ª NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) December 16, 2021

In Nebraska alone, officials reported wildfires, tornadoes, high winds, rain and snow that impeded traffic and caused vehicles to overturn.

It has been reported that approximately 100 million Americans living between the West Coast and the Great Lakes were under some kind of weather alert as the storm wreaked havoc across the nation.

The scene in Lamar, Colorado captured by @donsteerman ?#cowx pic.twitter.com/ITvhJf6M5A

¡ª Rocky Mountain PBS (@rmpbs) December 15, 2021

The odd array of weather events has had different effects in several regions, bringing snow squalls, dust storms, unseasonably warm temperatures, high winds, thunderstorms and even tornadoes to some states.

Several cities tied or broke December daily or monthly record high temperatures, including Des Moines, Iowa, where temperatures hit the mid-70s (21 Celsius), Metro reported.

The system blew into the Great Plains from Colorado, where high winds knocked out power, closed roads and highways and delayed hundreds of flights. A wind gust over 100mph was reported at an airfield in Colorado Springs.

Scientists say extreme weather events and abnormally warmer temperatures are more likely to continue to occur with human-caused climate change.

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