Indianapolis declares disaster emergency as White River flooding breaks 1913 record

Evacuations and water rescues underway with displaced residents and businesses affected across Harrison community and multiple Indiana counties.

Once in a century, a river reminds a civilization of its true scale. In mid-August 2026, Indiana's White River crested beyond the levels it held during the catastrophic flood of 1913, surpassing what meteorologists had forecast and prompting emergency declarations from both Indianapolis and the state of Indiana. What is unfolding across multiple counties — evacuations, water rescues, submerged businesses, displaced families — is not merely a weather event but a reckoning with the limits of prediction and the enduring vulnerability of human settlement along moving water.

Indianapolis declares disaster emergency as White River flooding breaks 1913 record

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