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High Water Prompts Bartholomew Officials To Consider Flood Gauges

Monday, August 10, 2009

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High Water Prompts Bartholomew Officials To Consider Flood Gauges

After this week’s heavy rains and flooding in Bartholomew County, officials are considering the installation of a river gauge that would measure rising waters and alert officials in advance of a possible flood. WFIU’s Emily Loftis reports.

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NWS: Flooding Worse Than June 2008 Possible In Some Areas

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Heavy rains Tuesday could result in some areas of central and southern Indiana seeing flooding rivaling that of June 2008. WFIU’s Daniel Robison has more.

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12,000 Without Power in Monroe County Following Storms

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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As many as 63,000 people in Indiana -- 12,000 of them in Monroe County -- have been left in the dark thanks to storm-related power outages.

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Elnora Still Battling Flood Concerns One Year After Water Recedes

Monday, June 8, 2009

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Elnora Still Battling Flood Concerns One Year After Water Recedes

A year after historic flooding struck the Daviess County town of Elnora, the town is still battling the after-effects of the rising water.

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Grant in Hand, Columbus Enters Flood-Damaged Real Estate Market

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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Grant in Hand, Columbus Enters Flood-Damaged Real Estate Market

The City of Columbus has been awarded $1.5 million to buy, rehab and resell homes damaged by last summer’s historic flooding. But as WFIU’s Daniel Robison reports, the plan’s success depends on more than just the city having money.

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Preventative Flood Projects Too Expensive for Columbus To Pursue

Monday, May 11, 2009

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Preventative Flood Projects Too Expensive for Columbus To Pursue

It’s been almost a year since historic floods caused nearly a billion dollars in damage in southern Indiana. One of the communities hardest hit was Columbus. WFIU’s Daniel Robison looks into what the city’s done since the flood waters receded to prevent a similar disaster.

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Columbus Officials Struggle to Commemorate Historic Flood

Monday, May 4, 2009

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Columbus Officials Struggle to Commemorate Historic Flood

As the one year anniversary of historic flooding in southern Indiana approaches, officials in Columbus, one of the hardest-hit communities in the state, are pondering how to mark the occasion. WFIU’s Daniel Robison has more.

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Historic Flooding Strikes Indiana

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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The worst flooding seen in the state since 1913 hit the central and southern parts of Indiana the hardest, particularly the heart of WFIU's listening area: Columbus, Martinsville and Terre Haute. WFIU reported for more than two weeks on how emergency responders were fighting rising water, how cities were housing the hundreds of people displaced from their homes (including the family of one WFIU reporter) and how Hoosiers were banding together to get through one of the worst natural disasters any of them had seen.

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Pfizer Begins Cleanup of Chemicals Spread by Flood

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Officials with Pfizer say they'll submit a cleanup plan this week for water and soil contaminated by the company's Terre Haute plant.

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Did Receding Flood Waters Leave PCBs Behind?

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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Tests show a toxic chemical leaked from a Terre Haute company during summer flooding has not shown up in nearby drinking water wells, but Vigo County residents aren't in the clear yet.

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