Multiple people are dead, and residents in several areas have had to evacuate because of intense floods in Indiana that started this past week.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said on X Saturday that the city is experiencing the most severe flooding it’s seen in more than thirty years.
“Conditions are shifting rapidly,” he said. “Residents in Ravenswood, Rocky Ripple, and other impacted areas: please evacuate now.”
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The Indianapolis Department of Public Works said early Sunday morning that its staff is monitoring water levels on the White River Corridor, “including potential downstream impacts of the major flooding event.”
Major flooding is continuing along the White River, with moderate flooding predicted for parts of the Wabash and White Rivers, according to the U.S. National Weather Service in Indianapolis. Minor flooding is forecast along the Lower Wabash and the remainder of the White Rivers, as well as East Fork White Rivers.
President Donald Trump on Saturday approved Indiana’s request for an emergency declaration.
The Indianapolis Star reported there have been at least six storm-related deaths in Indiana since Aug. 11. Two of the victims have been identified as Matthew Morey, 19, and Stephanie Sallee, who Indiana Department of Homeland Security Public Affairs Director Liz Woods told the newspaper was 58.
Morey went missing Wednesday after he and three of his friends jumped into the Mississinewa River, the Indianapolis Star wrote. His body was found Aug. 15. Sallee’s body was found in a cornfield in Yorktown Friday. Investigators said Sallee attempted to move through moving water covering the road when her vehicle was swept away, WTHR reported.
Woods said to the Indianapolis Star a 4-year-old boy, a woman in Lake County, a woman in Porter County and a man in LaPorte County are among the others who have died.
At a press conference Saturday, Deputy Chief Jerry Martin of the Indianapolis Fire Department said crews conducted 38 rescues in the Ravenswood and Rocky Ripple areas.
Around 400 people were evacuated in the Ravenswood area, officials at Saturday’s news conference said, though they noted the number was probably “much higher” than what’s been officially recorded.
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