Flooding forced 38 people to evacuate their mobile homes in Zanesville, Ind. early this morning, according to a report by Fort Wayne television station WANE.
The Southwest (Allen County) Fire District and the Ossian Fire Department responded to Stoney Creek Estates at around 1 a.m.
Emergency workers transported the residents to a shelter at Zanesville United Methodist Church.
Flood water submerged transformers in the mobile home park, so utility workers had to shut off power.
At about the same time, emergency crews evacuated about 10 homes in the Huntington County town of Andrews and the Huntington County Emergency Management Agency called for volunteers to help fill sandbags:
Sandbagging taking place at Huntington Street dept on Webster St beginning at 2:30am. Volunteers appreciated.
— HuntCo HSEM (@HuntCoHSEM) June 16, 2015
As of 9:27 a.m. today, the agency indicated it could still use volunteers at the Street Department on Webster Street in Huntington this morning.
High water has closed many roads and highways in northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio.
A list of the latest County highway closings due to high water is available at http://t.co/OMA7EJvJf9.
— Allen County INfo (@allencountyinfo) June 16, 2015
The sun came out this morning, but it will take a while for flood waters to receded, according to an inforgraphic published by the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service:
Rain ending but will take time for waters to recede. Many flood warnings still in effect. Turn around, dont drown! pic.twitter.com/ZeYHhuvh2i
— NWS Northern Indiana (@NWSIWX) June 16, 2015
The office issued a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” this morning that indicated more heavy rain could bring additional flooding Wednesday:
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