Decatur, Ind. ? Thunderstorms swept across Indiana and Ohio into Pennsylvania and the Virginias on Wednesday, sending countless streams and rivers out of their banks, across roads and into homes and businesses.

It was the sixth day of storms for a waterlogged Midwest, and the National Weather Service said more rain was likely later in the week.

Tens of thousands of homes have been without power at different times during the days of rough weather, and countless streets and roads were blocked by fallen trees or high water.

In Decatur, Ind., scores of people passed heavy sandbags to reinforce dikes around homes threatened by flood-waters.

“If it wasn’t for these volunteers, we’d be done,” Fire Chief Jan Smith said as volunteers, some standing in chest-deep water, strengthened dikes. Still, nearly 70 Decatur homes had water inside, from a couple inches to a couple feet.

Rivers, streams and creeks from Fort Wayne to Lafayette and farther south were overflowing their banks Wednesday at levels not seen in decades.

No deaths were reported from the storms, but there was at least one close call in Ohio.

An 84-year-old man was rescued Wednesday after being swept into a flooded field next to the Great Miami River outside of Tipp City. Two city workers hauled the man out of water about five feet deep, police Sgt. Dan Miller said.

Elsewhere in Ohio, evacuations were reported in Lakeview and Russells Point near Indian Lake and in Port Jefferson along the Great Miami River.

Thunderstorm clouds descend near the town of Beason, Ill. Heavy rain, wind, and lightning swept across the nation's midsection Wednesday for a sixth straight day.

Lakeview Police Chief Eric Barhorst said sandbags were being brought in to help other residents protect their homes, “We’ve got water where I’ve never seen it before,” he said.

Laura Annon left her home in Russells Point when the water began to rise.

“It’s all really disorienting,” she said. “I don’t know where anything is, and last time I was in our house our kitchen was floating into our living room.”

In Virginia, the weather service estimated that winds as high as 68 mph ripped through Norfolk, and say a tornado may have formed in Loudoun.

About 78,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers lost power, mostly in central and northern Virginia and largely due to wind damage. Most had power restored by late Wednesday.

Rising waters sent people scrambling in Alexandria, Ind., as water flowed over a levee along Pipe Creek in the town about 30 miles north of Indianapolis. Some businesses and as many as 40 houses were inundated.

Butch Lewis, a driver for Alexandria Floral and Candle Store, waded through waist-deep water to deliver a spray of roses to a funeral.

“There’s a family grieving over there. Somebody’s got to see to it that they get their flowers,” he said.