Indiana Storm Death Toll Rises to Six as Severe Weather Enters Day 7

The Indiana storm death toll has risen to at least six people as severe weather entered its seventh consecutive day on Sunday. The Indiana State Emergency Operations Center reports two deaths in Delaware County and one each in Jennings, Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties. Victims include a 4-year-old boy killed when a tree fell on a home in Jennings County, a 58-year-old woman swept away after driving into floodwater, and a teenager who entered a river on August 12.

Hartford City's Sunday forecast calls for scattered strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail possible, with a 60 percent chance of rain and a high of 82 degrees. Thunderstorms may continue into the evening with strong gusty winds.

The severe weather pattern began August 10 with thunderstorm watches, escalated to a derecho on August 11 with 60-plus mph gusts and one-inch hail, and has since included flash flood warnings, a statewide disaster emergency declaration on August 13, and the FEMA presidential declaration approved August 15.

Source: The Watchers (watchers.news), CBS Chicago, Hartford City News-Times weather sidebar