Jun 13, 2015
An 18-year-old Covington man is dead after being swept through the Coal Creek low head dam. According to Indiana Conservation Officers, all area waterways are flooded and dangerous following the recent rain. Officers said they have been responding to people swept away all week due to young people swimming or floating the creeks in an inner tube.||Conservation officers warn that people drown in flooded waterways because they underestimate the relentless power of moving water.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 591974). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fountain County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.