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Photos: Anderson continues road to recovery after floods

by Brett Phelps, FPI News
August 20, 2026

<h1>Photos: Anderson continues road to recovery after floods</h1> <p class="byline">by Brett Phelps, FPI News <br />August 20, 2026</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_38-1024x688.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3959" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kim Rogers-Hatfield (left) receives a hug from a friend while surveying damage done by floodwaters at her home Aug. 17, 2026, in Anderson.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_40-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3961" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Floodwaters pushed through the basement wall at Kim Rogers-Hatfield’s and her husband Steve Hatfield’s house, pictured Aug. 17, 2026.</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-group is-style-default has-light-gray-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"> </div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_35-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3956" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kim Rogers-Hatfield and her husband Steve Hatfield begin removing items from their home that were saturated with floodwater.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_25-1024x670.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3946" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Charlie Simmons’ home was still surrounded by floodwaters Aug. 17, 2026.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_21-1024x718.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3942" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A view from inside Charlie Simmons’ home is pictured Aug. 17, 2026, after floodwaters have started to recede.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_19-1024x667.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3940" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Charlie Simmons surveys damage done by floodwaters at his home.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_15-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3936" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Charlie Simmons shows how high the floodwaters rose inside his house.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_04-1024x690.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3925" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Yolanda Wilkins, a resident who experienced flooding, loads cleaning supplies and food items that she received from the charity Turn Away No Longer into her car Aug. 17, 2026, at the charity in Anderson.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_05-1024x643.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3926" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Yolanda Wilkins, a resident who experienced flooding, and Nancy Catto, a volunteer with the charity Turn Away No Longer (in orange), embrace after Wilkins received cleaning items and food.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_44-1024x698.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3965" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Zeb Waterbury helps his brother-in-law, Colt Carpenter, remove drywall and insulation after floodwaters receded from inside Carpenter’s home Aug. 17, 2026, in Anderson.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_02-1024x692.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3924" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Colt Carpenter removes drywall and insulation after floodwaters receded from inside his home.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_45-1024x678.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3966" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Zeb Waterbury helps his brother-in-law, Colt Carpenter, remove drywall and insulation after floodwaters receded from inside Carpenter’s home.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_09-1024x644.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3930" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A view from inside a home Bob Walters owns is pictured Aug. 17, 2026, in Anderson, after floodwaters have started to recede.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_10-1024x668.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3931" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A view from inside a home Bob Walters owns is pictured Aug. 17, 2026, after floodwaters have started to recede.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_12-1024x689.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3933" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bob Walters stands for a portrait in the home he owns and lets his brother stay.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_32-1024x714.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3953" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Steve Hatfield rests before continuing to sort through his flood-damaged house Aug. 17, 2026, in Anderson.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_33-1024x719.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3954" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kim Rogers-Hatfield’s and her husband Steve Hatfield’s basement remains filled with floodwater, Aug. 17, 2026.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_34-1024x720.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3955" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Steve Hatfield sorts through items in his office after floodwaters receded from inside his home.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_28-1024x715.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3949" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bobby Davis stands for a portrait after floodwaters receded from inside his basement and garage Aug. 17, 2026, in Anderson.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_47-1024x701.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3968" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Angie Bostic shows a thermal imaging camera she used to evaluate which areas in a friend's house were retaining moisture while surveying floodwater damage Aug. 17, 2026, in Anderson. The darker the image, the more moisture there is, according to Bostic.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_43-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3964" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Colt Carpenter (left) and his brother-in-law Zeb Waterbury remove drywall and insulation after floodwaters receded from inside Carpenter’s home.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://fpinews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260817_AndersonFlood_BP_14-1024x669.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3935" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bob Walters pumps floodwater out of the home and yard where his brother stays Aug. 17, 2026, in Anderson.</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Brett Phelps is a community photojournalist for FPI News and Mirror Indy in partnership with Report for America and Catchlight Local. 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