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Powerful Storms Slam the Midwest for a Sixth-Straight Day, Striking Already Flood-Ravaged Indiana and Ohio
- Westbound Interstate 70 is closed in Wayne County after flooding washed away part of the roadway at mile marker 146. INDOT directed drivers to detour via U.S. 27, U.S. 36, and State Road 9.
- More than two months' worth of rain—nearly 10 inches—has fallen in parts of eastern Indiana since Tuesday, with storms producing rainfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour. This extreme precipitation triggered the highest level of flood warnings across the region.
- In Delaware County, city spokesperson Amber Greene told CNN that around 12 people had been evacuated by boat from Muncie as of Wednesday morning, with officials working to evacuate a residential area containing about 200 homes.
- Nearly 700,000 homes and businesses across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia remained without power Wednesday afternoon following a severe derecho that punished a 300-mile stretch with hurricane-force winds. At least one person died in the storm.
- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency in Perry and Muskingum counties Tuesday after floodwater rose 6 to 10 feet in low-lying areas. Separately, a 4-year-old boy died in Geneva Township, Indiana, on Tuesday after a tree fell on a house.
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Flooded houses and shops, submerged roads and rivers out of bed: the American Midwest continues to be hit by severe rains.
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KEZI 9 NewsIntense storms battered the Midwest—an area already ravaged by flooding—for the sixth consecutive day this Friday morning…
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