BROOKVILLE, Ind. — One man is dead and a woman is missing after a cabin elevated on stilts was swept away by floodwater Thursday night in Southeast Indiana, said conservation officer Travis Stewart with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
IDNR said the search for the missing woman resumed Saturday morning.
Stewart said the two were staying in a cabin along Wolf Creek in Brookville on Thursday when the cabin was swept away. The area received roughly 6-inches of rainfall throughout the evening.
"Water pushed it all down stream," Stewart said, "And it's just a matter of now walking it now that the water has receded."
IDNR didn't receive a call until Friday at noon.
The man was found dead Friday afternoon more than a half mile from where the cabin originally was, but crews have not found the woman, despite searching into Friday evening.
That search area was roughly two to three miles from Wolf Creek into Blue Creek, which is down river.
IDNR called off the search at around 5:40 p.m. due to the excess heat and humidity affecting search crews.
"It was very hot today, and that's one of those things," Stewart said. "As of this point, we did call off the search for today just because of how hot it is and the humidity that way we don't have anybody having heat exhaustion or anything like that."
During Friday's search, crews did find debris from the cabin, and Stewart said the event underscores the terrifying power of floodwaters and the need to be prepared.
"Water pushes everything in its way, and it doesn't care," he said. "It's going to remove anything in it's way and continue on down."
Stewart didn't release the identities of either person.
Two kayakers were also rescued Thursday night in Franklin County due to the rising water from storms. The two kayakers stopped overnight on an island along Whitewater River when the storm swept away their kayaks.
IDNR said the two were checked by emergency personnel once they'd been taken to safety, but no information on their condition was released.
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