WINAMAC — The American Red Cross is opening an evacuation shelter in Winamac for those affected by flooding.

The shelter will be at Bethel Bible Church, 6966 W. Indiana 14.

The Red Cross will send its Emergency Response Vehicle with cots, blankets, food and other items, which are expected to arrive at the shelter by about 3 p.m. today.

Residents who come to the shelter are encouraged to bring medicines, pillows, bedding, things for children and items of comfort.

The Red Cross chapter in St. Joseph County is setting up the shelter after a request by the Emergency Management Agency. Flood waters are expected to rise over the next few days in the Pulaski County area.

A shelter for anyone displaced by flood waters will open at noon today at First United Church of Christ, 321 N. Center St.

The shelter will be staffed by volunteers from the Marshall County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and will offer cots, food and beverages, disaster coordinator Mickey Davenport said.

Additionally, an incident command center to handle flood problems will begin operation at noon at the Plymouth Fire Station, 111 N. Center St.

Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter plans a news conference at 2 p.m. in Common Council Chambers, 124 N. Michigan St., to update the public on the flooding situation.

The Red Cross is also setting up a shelter in Goshen for flooded out residents in a mobile home park.

Jennifer Tobey with the Elkhart County Emergency Management reports that 14 mobile homes in the Creekside Mobile Home Park are surrounded by flood waters from Rock Run Creek.

The mobile home park is located near Wilden and Indiana avenue in Goshen.

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