Northeast Indiana Flooding: Roanoke

Roanoke, Ind. experienced a dangerous increase in flooding due to large amount of precipitation. The Roanoke fire department and EMA acted quickly and efficiently to help the local community.

In the early morning hours Roanoke firemen and EMA blocked off roads that would be extremely hazardous to drive through, evacuated homes that were in areas of dangerous floods, and sand bagged buildings that had high water levels. The workers acted quickly and because of this they prevented people from harm.

The Huntington County Red Cross provided assistance to the firemen and EMA with refreshments. The workers put in a lot of long and strenuous hours. The Red Cross' disaster volunteers also gave shelter to a woman, who was not able to live in her home for a couple of days.

The flooding was a source of trouble to the Roanoke community, but it did help to prepare the firemen, EMA, and the Red Cross in the act of a disaster.

*The following pictures are from the Roanoke flood.