The Republic from Columbus, Indiana • Page 8

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Sunset tonight 7:22 p.m. Moonrise today 12:00 a.m. Moonset today 2:33 p.m. WEATHER ALMANAC New AIR QUALITY INDEX Indianapolis Today Source: IAPC 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-151, Unhealthy (sens. 151-200; Unhealthy NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY SnowIceFlurriesRainT-stormsShowers Cold front Warm front Stationary front Indiana yesterday: STATE EXTREMES WEEKLY TEMPERATURES Last Normal high Normal low REGIONAL SUMMARY City Weather (w): -sunny, pc -partly cloudy, -cloudy, sh -showers, -thunderstorms, -rain, sf -snow flurries, sn -snow, i -ice.

therepublic.com ACCUWEATHER FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR COLUMBUS REGIONAL CITIES SUN AND MOON RIVER STAGES Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s White River Station Fld Stage Chg White River (East Fork) Flatrock Creek NATIONAL CITIES City Yesterday 18 Month to date 34 Normal month to date 20 Temperature Precipitation Wind Humidity Barometer Sugar Creek Yest. Mon. Yest.

Mon. Yest. Mon. Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boston Cheyenne Columbus, OH Denver Des Moines Detroit Hilton Head Houston Kansas City, MO Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, OR Rapid City Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Anderson Bloomington Chicago Cincinnati Evansville Fort Wayne Gary Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette Louisville Muncie South Bend Terre Haute Last First Full Oct 4 Oct 12 Oct 20 Oct 27 Fld: flood stage.

Stage: in feet at 7 a.m. Saturday. Chg: change in previous 24 hours. at Edinburgh 10 2.79 at N. Columbus 11 2.76 at Columbus 9 0.44 at Seymour 12 2.79 average 24 hrs.

ending 4 p.m. yest. 0.36” Month to date 0.36” Normal month to date 0.30” Year to date 41.29” Normal year to date 34.02” High Low Normal high Normal low Record high in 1953 Record low in 1974 Heating Degree Days Index of energy consumption indicating how many degrees the average temperature was below 65 degrees for the day with negative values counting as zero. Average NE at 14.6 mph Highest speed 32.3 mph high 30.05 inches Statistics for Columbus through 4 p.m. yesterday.

How cold it feels based on temperature and wind speed. 8 a.m. Noon 4 p.m. WIND CHILL TODAY Warmer with sun and clouds Nice with times of clouds and sun Partly sunny and pleasant Partly sunny, nice and warm Partly sunny, nice and warm TODAYMONDAYTUESDAY WEDNESDAYTHURSDAY Columbus: Warmer today with sun and clouds. Mainly clear and mild tonight.

Cincinnati: Mainly cloudy and warmer today. Clear tonight. Indianapolis: Warmer today with clouds and sun. Mainly clear tonight. Intervals of clouds and sun tomorrow.

Louisville: Warmer today with clouds and sun. Mainly clear tonight. Pleasant tomorrow with clouds and sun. High in Valparaiso Low in Muncie SuMTWThFSa Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. On Oct.

4, 1954, the temperature soared to a record 95 in Norfolk, Va. In Philadelphia, the minimum of 74 degrees was the highest ever for October. WEATHER HISTORY RUCE MITH AND OM OREMAN The Associated Press HARLESTON, S.C. While spared the full fury of Hurricane Joaquin, parts of the East Coast still saw record-setting rain Saturday that shut down roads, waterlogged crops and showed little sign of letting up. Much of the drenching was centered in the Carolinas, but coastal communities as far away as New Jersey were feeling the effects of unrelenting rainfall.

Rain and flood warnings remained in effect for many parts of the East Coast through Sunday. President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in South Carolina and ordered federal aid to help state and local efforts. Downtown Charleston was closed to incoming traffic Saturday as rain washed out some bridges, flooded roads and left some motorists stranded as flood waters engulfed their cars. we normally are dealing with flooding for a few hours, dealing with it in days Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen told The Associated Press. seeing areas flood today that did not traditionally Inland areas of South Carolina also were battered by rain.

In Columbia, which is in the middle of the state, business owners spent Saturday caulking and duct-taping windows and readying sandbags. know going to be a sleepless said Kelly Tabor, owner of Good for the Sole shoe store. The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport in South Carolina recorded 2.3 inches of rain Saturday, smashing the previous record of 0.77 inches set in 1961, according to John Tomko, National Weather Service meteorologist at Greenville-Spartanburg. one is extraordinary in that such a prolonged he said. In North Carolina, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler says farmers are starting to see the impact of the continuous rain on their crops.

Apples in Henderson County are starting to split open because waterlogged and farmers get into the fields to harvest other crops. had one farmer tell me this is like getting all of your cash assets, put them on a clothesline, waiting for the wind to blow them he said. Flooded roads were closed throughout the mid-Atlantic region and power companies reported scattered outages in several states. In New Jersey, storms dislodged an entire house from its pilings in a low-lying area of Middle Township in southern Jersey. No one was in the residence.

The National Weather Service in Greenville, South Carolina, said that of heavy rain are in the Carolinas and parts of northern Georgia that could cause some rivers and streams to flood significantly. The rain levels had the potential to be threatening and the service said on its website. Once the rain ends, the threat of flooding persists because the ground is too saturated to absorb water, meteorologists say. And high winds could bring down trees like the one that hit a vehicle near Fayetteville, North Carolina, killing a passenger. More rain, flooding forecast along soggy East Coast STATE BRIEFS Body found in lake as missing IU student INDIANAPOLIS A body found floating in a Bloomington lake has been identified as that of a missing Indiana University student.

WRTV-TV reported the body of 20-year-old Joseph Smedley was found late Friday night in Griffy Lake, which is north of downtown Bloomington. The Monroe County office says preliminary findings indicate Smedley likely drowned. 4 killed in plane crash from Indiana WALHALLA, S.C. Authorities say all four people who died in a plane crash in South Carolina were from northern Indiana. The men were flying from Warsaw, Indiana, to Clemson, South Carolina, to attend Notre Dame-Clemson game.

Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis identified the men who died Friday afternoon as: 71-year-old Charles D. Smith; his son, 44-year-old Scott A. Smith; 54-year-old Tony L. Elliott; and 51-year-old Scott D. Bibler.

Elliott was a former sprint car driver, and won the U.S. Auto Club national sprint car series championship in 1998 and 2000. Tony Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion, posted a message on his Facebook page Saturday that said Elliott was competitor on the track, he was also a father, husband, son, brother and friend. thoughts and prayers are with the Elliott family at this time. Godspeed Rest In post said.

The elder Smith was a councilman and former high school football coach, and Bibler also used to coach high school football. Scott Smith was an attorney. The Associated Press MORE GRAY SKIES Brothers Logan Froehler, 17, at left, and Lukas, 11, throw a football while kayaking in their backyard on the Isle of Palms, S.C. HE A SSOCIATED RESS.