Residents in central and northern Indiana battled fire and water following torrential rains overnight caused widespread flooding on Aug. 22.
Firefighters in northeastern Indiana have been reduce off from a blaze at an auto repair shop by 3 to 5 feet of water. Blackford County deputy emergency management director Gene Henderson mentioned the rural home north of Hartford City is surrounded by a creek or ditch, forcing a number of departments to fight the blaze from the road.
Emergency management director Aaron Henderson mentioned the county just north of Muncie saw at least 8 inches of rain. Its college district canceled classes for the day, with Henderson citing many flooded roads. Drivers had been getting asked to avoid nonessential travel. He mentioned some homes and buildings had been flooded.
“We’re seeing water standing in locations we’ve by no means observed water stand prior to,” he mentioned. “There’s just nowhere for it to go.”
An region in between Fort Wayne and Muncie saw the biggest rain totals, according to the National Weather Service, which issued flash flood warnings for numerous counties. Runoff from the rain could result in flash flooding by way of midday, the weather service mentioned.
State police temporarily closed a swamped section of Interstate 69 in each directions close to Marion, but it reopened by late morning, Indiana State Police Sgt. Ron Galaviz stated. No stranded motorists or injuries have been reported, he stated.
And a Madison County Sheriff’s Department automobile flipped more than on I-69 in Grant County, but the deputy had minor injuries and wasn’t taken to the hospital, a sheriff’s dispatcher said.
“Mother Nature’s in charge of this thing, like it or not,” Galaviz mentioned.
In northwest Indiana, fire officials employed boats to rescue 18 folks when floodwaters surrounded their houses.
Sgt. Larry LaFlower of the Porter County Sheriff’s Division mentioned rain-swollen Salt Creek had trapped 4 households in their houses in an older neighborhood in South Haven, 15 miles east of Gary, that is prone to flooding.
“The complete stream was flooded so there was no way they have been going to be in a position to get out to the street and get away from the floodwaters,” he said.
A Grant County dispatcher said deputies rescued a couple of stranded motorists overnight. Streets were also flooded in Muncie.
The National Climate Service issued flash flood warnings Friday morning for Grant, Blackford, Jay and sections of nearby Wabash, Huntington and Wells counties in central and northeastern Indiana. The climate service mentioned 6 to 10 inches of rain had fallen in eastern Grant and Blackford counties, with up to 6 inches falling since midnight.
Connected Press writers Tom Davies and Rick Callahan in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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Torrential Rains Bring Floods, Fires to Indiana
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