Anyone who incurs a scrape or shallow puncture wound while cleaning up storm debris in the Omaha area can get a tetanus shot from the Douglas County Health Department.
A free tetanus vaccine clinic will be open Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veterans Dr. in the Elkhorn neighborhood. The health department recommends that people involved in cleaning up debris from Friday’s storm have a recent tetanus vaccination.
The violent storms that devastated parts of Douglas County created high-risk conditions for tetanus, according to Dr. Lindsay Huse, the department’s director. Shots are needed if it has been over five years since the last tetanus vaccine.
People with more serious wounds such as deep puncture wounds, dirty wounds or wounds requiring stitches should seek treatment from medical provider immediately. Additional tetanus information can be found at the health department’s website.
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Photos and videos: Cleanup begins after severe storms, tornadoes hit Omaha metro area and Iowa
Jon Alexander, bottom left, walks back to his house at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the roof and trees on the property.
Damage from a tornado the day before is visible at Eppley Airfield in Omaha on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
OPPD trucks line up to restore power at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the property the day before.
Workers repair the roof of the house at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the property the day before.
Workers clean up the debris at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the property the day before.
Workers repair the roof of the house at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Workers clean up the debris at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the property the day before.
A large tree was uprooted and cut at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the property the day before.
Workers clean up the debris at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the property the day before.
Damage is visible at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged the property the day before.
Items for Junkstock were damaged after a tornado hit Sycamore Farms in Waterloo the day before, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
A room was damaged by a tornado on a building used for Junkstock after a tornado hit Sycamore Farms in Waterloo the day before, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Items for Junkstock were damaged after a tornado hit Sycamore Farms in Waterloo the day before, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
A road sign is bent after a tornado the day before near Highway 28 in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Trenton Guardipee, left, and Caiden Marksmeier help stack tree debris at Sycamore Farms in Waterloo on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Both are students at Douglas County West.
People stand on the roof a house damaged by a tornado near 240th and Center Streets near Waterloo, Neb. on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The power lines in his area sustained a heavy damage.
The top of a pole for a power line was snapped off by a tornado the night before near 240th and Center Streets near Waterloo, Neb. on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Irrigation equipment was flipped by a tornado near 252nd and F Streets near Waterloo, Neb. on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Aubrey Attanasio, 12, bottle feeds a calf as her dad, Tony Attanasio, of Persia, Iowa, clears a broken cattle fence as they and other friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage on Jared and Tory Crozier’s property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage on Jared and Tory Crozier’s property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Tory Crozier, 30, cleans up the damage after a tornado ripped through her family’s property near Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Debris is spread all over Jared and Tory Crozier’s property as friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed with a drone about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Tony Attanasio, 37, of Persia, Iowa, gives water to cattle as he and other friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage on Jared and Tory Crozier’s property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Lillian Crozier, 9, bottle feeds a calf as friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage on her family’s property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage, including a destroyed RV, on Jared and Tory Crozier’s property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Debris is spread all over Jared and Tory Crozier’s property as friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Tory Crozier’s greenhouse is damaged after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Dead chickens are found throughout a property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Debris is spread all over Jared and Tory Crozier’s property as friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage on Jared and Tory Crozier’s property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Kasey Bradley, 42, of Portsmouth, Iowa, and Nolan Driver, 23, of Neola, Iowa, clean up the damage on a property after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Drivers wait to try and enter Minden, Iowa after a tornado ripped through on Friday evening. Photographed just west of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Cleanup continues in the Ramble Wood neighborhood of Elkhorn.
Cleanup continues in the Ramble Wood neighborhood of Elkhorn.
Cleanup continues in the Ramble Wood neighborhood of Elkhorn.
Emergency personnel clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed with a drone on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Emergency personnel clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Emergency personnel clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Debris is spread all over Jared and Tory Crozier’s property as friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
A tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed with a drone on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Volunteers Kelly Storejohann (left) and Deb Hurst fold donated clothes at First Lutheran Church in Blair on Saturday afternoon.
A Friday tornado damaged the Uleman near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Looking south toward the Elkhorn neighborhood, evidence of a Friday tornado is evident on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Houses were damaged from a Friday night tornado at Newport Landing in Bennington, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Michael Cawcutt checks out a wayward floating dock at Bennington Lake in the Newport Landing neighborhood in Bennington, Neb. on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The dock had come to rest on the west of the lake, but Cawcutt, who is the Newport Landing home owners association president, wasn’t sure what part of the lake the tornadic storm from the day before moved it from.
Houses were damaged from a Friday night tornado at Newport Landing in Bennington, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Andrea Kathol cleans up debris out of Bennington Lake at Newport Landing in Bennington on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged homes in the Newport Landing neighborhood the night before.
A Friday tornado damaged the Uleman near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
A Friday tornado damaged the Uleman near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
A Friday tornado damaged filled the bathroom sink with insulation inside the Uleman near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
A Friday tornado damaged the Uleman near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
A Friday tornado damaged the Uleman near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Clothing is hanging from a tree near 216th and Maple Streets after a Friday tornado in Omaha, photorgaphed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
An OPPD worker repairs power lines damaged by a tornado near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
An OPPD worker repairs power lines damaged by a tornado near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Misty Homen,left, and Andrea Kathol cleansup debris out of Bennington Lake at Newport Landing in Bennington on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged homes in the Newport Landing neighborhood the night before.
Andrea Kathol cleans up debris out of Bennington Lake at Newport Landing in Bennington on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A tornado damaged homes in the Newport Landing neighborhood the night before.
Volunteers clean up debris at Newport Landing in Bennington, Neb. on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
From left, Gary ,Clay, and Jill Uleman pose for a portrait in the tornado-damaged second floor of their house near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Gary and Jill are Clay’s parents.
OPPD workers repair power lines damaged by a tornado near 216th and Maple Streets in Omaha on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Houses were damaged from a Friday night tornado at Newport Landing in Bennington, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Houses were damaged from a Friday night tornado at Newport Landing in Bennington, photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Emergency personnel clean up after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Debris is spread all over Jared and Tory Crozier’s property as friends, family and coworkers help clean up the damage after a tornado ripped through Minden, Iowa on Friday evening. Photographed about a mile south of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Iowa state troopers guide drivers trying to enter Minden, Iowa after a tornado ripped through on Friday evening. Photographed just west of Minden on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Cleanup continues in the Ramblewood neighborhood of Elkhorn.
Michael Cawcutt checks out a wayward floating dock at Bennington Lake in the Newport Landing neighborhood in Bennington, Neb. on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The dock had come to rest on the west of the lake, but Cawcutt, who is the Newport Landing home owners association president, wasn’t sure what part of the lake the tornadic storm from the day before moved it from.
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