Midwest Floods Persist as Storms Continue for Sixth Day

Drenching storms rolled over the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth day early Friday, bringing more rain to areas where severe flooding has already forced hundreds of people from their homes and left more than 300,000 without power. After parts of Indiana saw a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event, officials conducted water rescues and ordered evacuations as catastrophic floodwaters made rivers swell, rush into homes, and leave roads impassable.

The relentless weather pattern began with a deadly derecho, a rare and long-lasting windstorm, that tore through the Midwest earlier in the week. That was followed by days of heavy rain that saturated the ground and swelled rivers. On Wednesday, the deluge peaked in eastern Indiana, where New Castle received more than 11 inches of rain in 32 hours. The downpour sent floodwaters rushing into homes and businesses in towns like Cambridge City, where residents described scenes of devastation.

"I just started grabbing them, running them out to the car without even getting shoes, clothes or anything like that," said Timothy Hicks, a father of six in Cambridge City, describing the moment floodwaters poured into his home on Wednesday. Video from the...