(Southeastern IN) – Flooding woes continue around the following this week’s weather events, particularly in hard-hit Franklin County.
Evacuations and water rescues have been taking place along Whitewater River. The National Weather Service says could ultimately be a historic flood.
Low-lying areas along the Whitewater in Laurel, Metamora, Cedar Grove, New Trenton have been impacted, along with West Harrison in Dearborn County and Harrison, Ohio.
Around 1,100 Duke Energy customers in and around Brookville were without power early Friday morning.
In addition, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office says a number of roads are closed until further notice:
- Hetreick Road
- Raymond Road at Oxford Pike
- State Road 121 at Spurlock Lane
- 12000 Block of State Road 121
- Bullfork Slab
- Stone Church Road Slab
- Shays Road
- Bushy Road
- Pine Road
- Levee Road
- US 52 at State Road 121/Shack Road
- 24115–24149 Sanes Creek Road
- River Road at Long Hollow Road
- State Road 121 at Marshall Street
- Jackson Street
- U.S. 52 @ SR 252
- Barber Road
- U.S. 52 @ Elkhorn Road
- U.S. 52 at Richland Creek
“Please avoid these locations and use alternate routes. Do not drive through standing water, as depth and conditions can be deceptive,” the sheriff’s office says in a statement. “Turn Around, Don’t Drown.”
