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At least one person died, hospitals were evacuated, a dam failed, people fled their homes in boats.
Flooding followed a torrential downpour Saturday that swamped low-lying areas between Terre Haute and Bloomington, sending rivers and streams over their banks: An apparent Indiana record of almost 11 inches fell in Edinburgh, and 8 to 10 inches were recorded from Sullivan to Shelbyville.
The governor’s office reported one person dead in Columbus and no others seriously hurt. The Columbus Republic reported on its Web site that a body was found in a flood-washed car.
The property damage across Indiana is expected to be substantial.
The floodwaters could begin to recede today, with no more rain expected until late Monday. The rivers will continue to rise in parts of the state as the high water moves downstream toward the Ohio River. White River’s East Fork, for example, is expected to crest in Columbus this afternoon, and this week in Seymour, Bedford, Williams and Shoals.
After the dry-out, the cleanup.
“We’ll worry about recovery later,” said David Skaggs, deputy director of emergency management in Morgan County, which by 8 p.m. had evacuated about 500 people. “It’s not that you just go to bed, get up and it’s over. (The cleanup) is going to be continuing for weeks.”
Coming on the heels of a week of storms and tornadoes, the deluge seemed especially cruel. Just Friday, Gov. Mitch Daniels had issued a disaster declaration for 41 counties. Saturday, he declared a new disaster in 18.
“Mother Nature has landed another one on our chin,” Daniels said.
Marine and Coast Guard helicopters helped searched for people stranded by the sudden flooding, the governor’s office said. More than 200 National Guard soldiers fanned out to Terre Haute and Martinsville, and stood by in other communities with trucks and Humvees.

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