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Recent storms, flooding and tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses across the state.

There has been at least one other death reported from the weekend flooding.

Storms last week pounded the Midwest, bringing floods to Southern Indiana and killing at least one person. The WFIU/WTIU News team went to the hardest-hit areas and others where the worst is yet to come.

Up to 8 inches of rain fell over southern Indiana as flood warnings continue throughout the week.

While home developers and manufacturers support the bill, environmental groups and some stormwater experts have concerns.

The Clear Creek Culvert Reconstruction Project isn't expected to be complete until the end of the year.

Representatives from the Indiana Builder’s Association say the bill is a compromise to prevent permitting delays. Environmental groups worry it does more than clarify existing law.

It projected that more than 400,000 neighborhoods will lose population in the next 30 years — mostly in the Northeast and Great Lakes states.

The interim drainage committee came away with only an informal report Wednesday.

The highest percentage of properties in the flood insurance bubble were in north central Indiana — in counties like Miami, White and Cass.