Heavy rains and flooding across much of the Midwest have left many corn and soybean fields saturated or flooded.

The Department of Natural Resources says Travis Watkins was trying to cross Gnawbone Creek behind his home on Hoover Road to check on his grandmother when the rising waters carried him off.

The National Weather Service expects that significant flooding will develop along the Muscatatuck, White and East Fork White rivers in southern Indiana by the weekend.

The National Weather Service says Indianapolis received more than 4 inches of rain Tuesday, breaking a 100-year-old record. Heavy rains also fell in eastern Indiana, prompting flash flood warnings.

An average of 9 inches, more than twice the normal level of 4.2 inches, was measured last month at 200 recording stations across the state. As much as 18 inches of rain fell in parts of northern Indiana.