WINAMAC — The night before the first local river crests, emergency management officials are taking no chances. Voluntary evacuations are underway in several counties. The Yellow River is expected to crest at noon Thursday.

Further south, the Tippecanoe River is expected to rise another few feet before it crests Saturday.

The flooding isn't causing too many problems right now. Many of the places that were under feet of water last month are still dry, but Emergency Management officials have put several counties, including Pulaski, under a state of emergency, knowing that things could get a lot worse.

The Tippecanoe River is rising, crossing roads and approaching homes.

"It's remarkable. I haven't seen anything like it in my entire life," said Katherine Elam, a Pulaski County Emergency Management volunteer.

"My mother, it reach her knees throughout her house. We had to evacuate her at 6 o'clock this morning."

That was just the beginning of her river battle.

"Me and my partner were tying down a boat for a gentleman just in case because he decided to stay," she said.

Elam and other Emergency Management volunteers keep track of the flooding and road closures on maps. This week's map is missing one thing: massive flooding.

"The flooding isn't too bad at this point," said Larry Hoover, Pulaski County Emergency Management director.

The river won't crest until Saturday.

"If it gets to the same level, it's going to be the same homes again," said Hoover.

And once again, these volunteers will be fighting to stay upstream.

"At least we know what to do. It's fresh in our minds," said Hoover.

Right now, officials are only evacuating two areas near the Tippecanoe River. They say people are being much more cooperative this time.

A Red Cross Shelter has been set up at Bethel Bible College in Winamac, but people are staying with friends and family again.

Volunteers say they've even seen people loading up moving trucks and moving out.