Disaster Declarations

President George W. Bush has approved the first eight counties for federal assistance in Bartholomew, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Vermillion and Vigo counties.

Damage assessments for, Adams, Boone, Clay, Dearborn, Jackson, Jennings, Montgomery and Sullivan counties are underway and will be submitted to the federal government as they are completed.

FLOOD: Bartholomew, Boone, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Owen, Ripley, Sullivan, Union, Vigo.

FLOOD and TORNADO: Brown, Franklin, Greene, Jennings, Marion, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Vermilion, Wayne

Current Conditions

State response assets being repositioned south of the White River in preparation for the crests at Mt. Carmel (Gibson), Hazelton (Gibson) and New Harmony (Posey).

DAVIESS COUNTY: Maysville Levee failure evacuations northwest of Maysville and Washington.

GREENE COUNTY: IDHS Fire Marshall’s office has arranged for personnel to support the Jasonville Volunteer Fire Department for 48 hours.

GIBSON COUNTY: White River (Hazleton) forecasted to crest at record level Saturday Morning. Army Corps of Engineers inspecting levees around Duke Energy plant to ensure integrity and sending a second team to Hazelton for inspection and evaluation of the levees.

HAMILTON COUNTY: Wabash River (Mt. Carmel) expected to reach 34ft crest on Friday

KNOX COUNTY: NWS predicts negligible impact of future rain on Edwardsport. The breach of levee unit 8 downstream will provide some relief to Edwardsport as levee is not expected to be repaired by the time the rain comes.

MARTIN COUNTY: Shoals (East fork of White river crested at 28.1ft last night)

PARK COUNTY: Water is currently being released from the dam at Raccoon Lake (DNR)

PIKE COUNTY: Petersburg (White and East Fork) expected to crest 1.5ft above Major Flood Stage Friday afternoon. Power station will receive 4000 sandbags in preparation for flood fight

Shelter Operations

Total Shelter Population: 194

Johnson County: Community Church of Greenwood, 1477 W. Main St., Greenwood

Morgan County: Martinsville High School, 1360 E. Gray St., Martinsville, IN

Brown County: Brown County YMCA, 105 Willow Street, Nashville, IN

Bartholomew County: Northside Middle School, 1400 27th St., Columbus, IN

Owen County: Spencer Elementary, 151 E Hillside Ave, Spencer, IN

Vigo County: North High School, 3434 Maple Ave, Terre Haute, IN

Knox County: North Knox High School, 10890 N. State Road 159, Bicknell, IN

Daviess County: North Daviess Jr-Sr High School 5494 E SR 58 Elnora, IN

Red Cross has four (4) shelters open.

Status of Utilities

Gas

Outages reported in Johnson, Morgan, Jackson, Decatur, Bartholomew, Vigo and Owen counties. Approximately 2,600 customers affected.

Water

Boil Orders

Jasonville (Green); Cordry / Sweetwater Lake (Johnson)

Water System Failures

Vigo County – widespread well contamination

Communications

AT&T, Embarq, Verizon report high levels of service trouble, but are beginning to be allowed back into affected areas and are working round the clock to address problems.

Road Closures

S.R. 231, S.R. 9 in Bartholomew County, and S.R. 258 from Courtland are now open

Continuous efforts to augment local law enforcement authorities in Plainville and Elnora (Daviess County), Columbus and Medora (minor looting and traffic direction); Vigo County with additional patrols to provide security and disaster relief for flood impacted areas.

Please check http://www.in.gov/isp/files/high_water_6_9_1pm.pdf