(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "The east shoreline at Johnson Lake is proving no match against heaving ice that’s pushing ashore, causing rip rap to pile up, soil to mound and sidewalks to buckle in some yards. 'It’s the place where the ice found the least resistance,' Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District Natural Resources Manager Mike Drain told the Central board Monday. He explained that there’s less dirt on the east shoreline to push back against the ice, so that’s where the heaving problems are most apparent. Drain said cracks that form in the frozen lake may fill with water that freezes, and then the ice pack expands outward. CNPPID Real Estate Administrator Frank Vetter described the conditions as 'kind of a glacier effect.'"
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