Nasty Weather Continues To Hammer The Upper Midwest With Video
Coast Guard Called in to Rescue Flooded Indiana Residents
FRANKLIN, Indiana — Severe storms flooded central Indiana with as much as 10 inches of rain and spawned tornadoes that ripped up roofs and flipped tractor-trailers in Wisconsin and the Chicago suburbs.
The floods in Indiana threatened dams, inundated highways and forced the Coast Guard to rescue residents from swamped homes Saturday. Rising waters forced the evacuation of more than 100 patients and doctors from a hospital south of Indianapolis.
To the northwest, Chicago-area residents ran for cover as tornadoes touched down throughout the region.
Wisconsin had a few tornado injuries, and at least one injury was reported near Chicago. The governor declared an emergency in 17 counties as the Coast Guard was called in from the Great Lakes to help with flooding that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.
Indiana had been spared any reported deaths or injuries due to flooding, but the Coast Guard was called in from the Great Lakes to help with flooding that has forced hundreds of people from their homes and closed portions of major routes.
Officials evacuated patients and staff from Columbus Hospital, about 40 miles south of Indianapolis, when roads around the site were submerged.
Near Chicago, Will County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Pat Barry said a tornado damaged several homes in the Wilmington area and toppled trees and power lines.
A person was injured on Interstate 57 in the southern suburbs, and a swath of the major highway closed as authorities worked to clear overturned trucks, said state Trooper Mark Dorencz.
Tornadoes were also reported in Lake County, north of the city, and in Livingston County, to the southwest.
(Cell phone pic of Chicago twister)
Central and southeastern Wisconsin were pelted with baseball-size hail in a storm that blew roofs off homes, toppled trees and power lines, and injured at least six people. Heavy rains also pelted the area, causing flash flooding.
Flooding built up around Milwaukee, where water as deep as 2 feet in roads caused parked cars to drift and closed parts of an interstate highway.
On the south side of town, two vacant buildings partially collapsed because of the heavy rains, authorities said. No injuries were reported there.
(AP)
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June 8th, 2008 at 10:26 amim telling you the shit has been rough around these parts lately. we had a 50 hour straight tornado watch that turned into a warning about 4 different in my county alone. i was fortunate though, didnt see much damage at all
June 8th, 2008 at 10:32 amI have been lucky too. It has been very windy with stuff blowing off my balcony and lots of downpours all weekend but I was not close to the really bad weather. It still interfered with my internet though. Indianna really got hit hard. I was glad to see the Coast Guard was there.
You have seen more than your fair share of this kind of weather. Not to mention the tree that came down on your phone line after the fact. Glad you got it fixed.
The sun is out again and I hope the areas hardest hit will have a break from all of this for awhile.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pmOh, great pics dril!
For some reason I still cannot watch any vids from YT, LL or anywhere right now.
I don’t understand why.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pmSevere weather kills 5; water rises in Indiana
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June 8th, 2008 at 5:47 pm