The Indiana flash-flood emergency

O que mudou

• At least seven dead from Aug. 11 storms and flooding cresting Aug. 16 .
• Victims included a 4-year-old boy and 58-year-old Paula Plebanski in Gary .
• Post-crest rescues continued Aug. 17 in Morgan and Johnson counties .

Então ainda em aberto

• No verified crest height, 1913 benchmark, rainfall total, or rescue and outage counts in provided texts.
• No verified status for statewide emergency declarations or federal aid approval.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether officials release names, causes and locations for all seven dead.
• Whether gauge data and damage surveys confirm where records actually fell.

O que mudou

• Storms beginning Aug. 11 drove days of record flooding on the White River.
• Boat rescues took place Saturday, Aug. 15, in Indianapolis neighborhoods along the river.
• Indianapolis flooding peaked early Sunday, Aug. 16, then held before receding.
• Anderson reached nearly 25 feet, with water entering homes near Park Place and Athletic Park.
• Morgan and Johnson counties saw stranded vehicles and water rescues, and southern Indiana still had flooding and outages Aug. 17.

Então ainda em aberto

• No verified rainfall total, Delaware County evacuation count, 1913 record date, or federal and state emergency status in these sources.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether the death toll stabilizes and how Anderson and southern Indiana recover once all water recedes.

O que mudou

• Aug. 11 derecho crossed from Illinois into northwest and north-central Indiana with extreme winds, at least two tornadoes, hail and flash flooding.
• White River crested at record level in Noblesville above bottom of Potter's Bridge.
• Gov. Braun declared statewide disaster emergency and mobilized National Guard.
• President Trump approved emergency declaration Aug. 15, authorizing FEMA coordination.
• At least seven people dead in final available toll.

Então ainda em aberto

• No verified rainfall maximum, tornado total beyond at least two, or statewide night-by-night storm count in provided sources.
• No confirmed details on specific evacuations outside Indiana or final damage cost in provided sources.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether additional rain through Sunday produces new record crests downstream.
• Whether Indiana secures broader federal aid beyond the initial emergency declaration.

O que mudou

• White River crested at more than 24.9 feet, over a foot above the 1913 record.
• At least seven people had died by Aug. 16 reports.
• National Guard activated and federal emergency declaration approved Aug. 15.

Então ainda em aberto

• No verified population total for flood watches is in the provided sources.
• No verified verbatim quote from the governor is in the provided excerpts.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether Indianapolis-area rivers keep falling as rains ease.
• Whether evacuation zones lift and damage counts clarify in Anderson and Noblesville.

O que sabíamos inicialmente

• White River crested above 24.9 feet in Indianapolis, topping the 1913 record.
• Indiana declared a statewide disaster emergency Aug. 13, followed by Indianapolis and federal declarations.

Então ainda em aberto

• No verified toll for Newcastle or Connersville, and no verified interior depth or drone-rescue details.
• No confirmed count of states under flood watches at broadcast time.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether receding rivers hold if another round of Midwest storms arrives.
• How state and federal aid reaches evacuated neighborhoods and riverfront blocks.