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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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