Click here for the latest update on flooding in central Indiana. People in parts of central Indiana were dealing with flooding after several inches of rain fell Sunday and Monday.
Indianapolis broke its calendar-day rainfall record on Monday. The record, set in Sept. 4, 1895, was 6.8 inches. As of about 5 p.m. Monday, more than 7 inches had fallen in the city,
RTV6 Chief Meteorologist Kevin Gregory said.
In Marion County, heavy rainfall Sunday and Monday caused flooding in the Mars Hill area of Decatur Township and the New Augusta area of Pike Township. Residents affected by the flooding were not required to evacuate, but they were advised to do so if it were to become severe, Indianapolis' mayor's office said Monday in a press release.
Angel Brewster, who had been sleeping on the floor of one home in the Mars Hill area, said she woke up in water Monday.
"I ran through and woke everybody up. Then we opened the front door, and (the water) came up to our knees," she said.
Brewster's father, James Saltsman (pictured, left), said the water in his home damaged a lot of possessions.
"We lost a lot of stuff in there, a lot," Saltsman said. "The water was so high inside, I couldn't believe it."
The city dispatched crews to put down sand bags in neighborhoods threatened by floodwater.
Indianapolis on Monday afternoon activated its Mayor's Action Center to take residents' requests for flooding-related assistance. The center's phone line, (317) 327-4622, was expected to stay open for a few hours Monday evening.
In Speedway, firefighters temporarily stopped electricity service to about 100 homes as a precaution after one house's basement -- located near 20th and Allison streets -- collapsed Monday afternoon,
RTV6's Rafael Sanchez. A street outside the home was flooded, but information about the cause of the basement collapse wasn't immediately available.
In Hamilton County, rain put some waterways over their banks.
At the Huntington Chase neighborhood off 116th Street in Carmel, streets were like rivers. Some homes there had water in their basements due to failed sump pumps, though floodwater outside generally stayed on the streets and away from homes.
Water flooded a part of Indiana 267 in Hendricks County (pictured, left), parts of which received around 6.5 inches of rain by noon. County commissioners signed a declaration of emergency disaster so flood victims there could be eligible for state aid.
In Hancock County, rain caused Sugar Creek to overflow, and nearby roads had high water.
Flood warnings that were issued Monday for several Indiana counties are expected to expire at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The counties are Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Decatur, Delaware, Fountain, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and Vigo.
Among the Labor Day events canceled by Monday's rain was the last day of the
Rib America Festival in Indianapolis.
Also, the National Hot Road Association's drag racing U.S. nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park was postponed. Action will resume Friday morning with one professional qualifying session, and the event will continue Saturday and Sunday.
Showers and thunderstorms were expected to continue in central Indiana throughout Monday. Showers are also are possible Tuesday and Wednesday, Gregory said.
High temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday are expected to be in the mid- or upper 70s, Gregory said.
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