Drenching storms are rolling over the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth day early Friday, setting off more flooding in a region where hundreds of people have been forced from their homes in recent days.
After parts of Indiana saw 1-in-1,000-year rainfall Wednesday, officials conducted water rescues and ordered evacuations as catastrophic floodwater made rivers swell, rushed into homes and left roads impassable. Gov. Mike Braun on Thursday declared a statewide disaster emergency and mobilized the Indiana National Guard.
Millions across the Midwest remain under flood watches early Friday as additional bouts of rain sweep through the region. Saturated ground and swollen rivers are making it easier for even modest rainfall to cause new problems.
Here’s the latest:
Dangerous flooding ongoing: Storms early are creating flash flooding over more than 300 miles from far eastern Iowa, through central Illinois and and central Indiana. Parts of Illinois are getting hit the hardest, but soaking rain started to move over already flood-ravaged parts of eastern Indiana.
