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Updated · IndyStar · Aug 15

Indianapolis Declares Flood Emergency, Urges White River Evacuations as Noblesville Sets Record Crest

Updated

Updated · IndyStar · Aug 15

Indianapolis Declares Flood Emergency, Urges White River Evacuations as Noblesville Sets Record Crest

Q: A state of emergency is declared, but with flood gates closing, how many residents are already trapped behind the rising waters?

At least about 700 residents in Rocky Ripple were at risk of being trapped if they did not leave before access was cut off, and another small pocket in Broad Ripple included nine homes plus the Edgewater Apartments and nearby businesses behind flood gates. The clearest number given by officials was for Rocky Ripple, where Town Council President Randy Sanders said the town has 315 houses and “more than 700 people.” Emergency crews were going door to door urging them to leave, warning the flood could overtop parts of the levee and isolate much of the town. In Broad Ripple, Indianapolis officials said flood wall gates would close around a residential area bounded by North College Avenue, East 67th Street, Westfield Boulevard and the White River. That closure affected nine homes, the Edgewater Apartments, the Indianapolis Art Center area and nearby businesses. Officials warned that once the gates closed, residents and even emergency crews would no longer be able to access that zone. Evacuation advisories were also issued for Ravenswood, especially west of Crittenden Avenue, but the available reports did not provide a resident count there. So, based on the figures publicly cited, the known number already facing potential isolation was more than 700 people in Rocky Ripple, with additional but uncounted residents in parts of Broad Ripple and Ravenswood.

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Mayor Joe Hogsett declared a local disaster emergency just before 8 p.m. Aug. 14, and Indianapolis began urging some residents near the White River to evacuate.
Days of rain are still pushing water downstream into Indianapolis, keeping the flood threat active across Central Indiana on Aug. 15.
Noblesville overnight saw the White River crest at a record level, rising above the bottom of historic Potter's Bridge.
Indianapolis is now bracing for the river to crest later Aug. 15, with downstream flooding expected to remain the immediate risk.

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As toxic floodwaters swallow central Indiana, will recent multi-million dollar infrastructure projects prove completely useless against nature's fury?

A state of emergency is declared, but with flood gates closing, how many residents are already trapped behind the rising waters?

With sandbags failing and historic levees breached, what will be left of Rocky Ripple when the White River finally recedes?