September 5, 2022

Flooding washes away homes in southern Indiana; woman's body found downstream

Source: WLKY.

Torrential rains caused flooding in parts of Kentucky and Indiana on Saturday, and an area in southern Indiana got hit particularly hard.

According to the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency in Indiana, Brushy Fork Creek Road northeast of Madison was impacted by a devastating flash flood.

Officials report a woman's body was found 5 miles downstream that may be that of a woman whose home washed away.

It happened around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday when 9 inches of rainfall in Switzerland and Jefferson Counties in just three hours caused the flood.

Read more: https://www.wlky.com/article/ema-flooding-washes-away-homes-indiana-jefferson-county-woman-dead/41074703#

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NINE INCHES of rain. In SE Indiana - Mike & Greg Pence's district. Unprecedented. East Brushy Fork Creek is 2 miles from my sister's ridgetop home.