Flooding was widespread, as you just heard today in Warren County, the Community Recovery Center opened at a county park.

Several agencies were on site to help connect flood victims to resources.

Our Laura Rogers was there and tells us more about recovery efforts in that area.

So we had a historic flood in Bowling Green.

We had a total of about 10.1in the flood waters caused by rivers, sinkholes and groundwater.

It's a unique water situation just because of our cave system.

There are 36 sinkholes within Bowling Green city limits which create a flood risk.

The biggest issue we're dealing with today is the ground water system, which consists of the cars, topography, caves and underground streams.

Pierson says that water will travel underground and likely rise as other flood waters may recede.

We had entire neighborhoods that had three and four feet of water in the homes.

The fire department got me out on a boat.

In a boat.

Sharon Manning lives in the Richards ville community of Warren County.

She became aware of flooding in her home around 530 in the morning.

I laid back down on the bed and I was talking to my daughter, and then I started hearing stuff, you know, turn over.

And I got up and I was in, like, knee deep water.

She says a nearby creek overflowed its banks.

Her son was able to get out of the house and called 911.

I'm blessed and thankful that I got out safely.

Me and my son and my dog.

Bowling Green and Warren County have grappled with natural disasters before, namely the 2021 tornadoes that took 17 long.

Tornadoes had a definitive path that they went through.

You could see it.

You could see a path with this.

We had flooding everywhere.

We had flooding in places that have never flooded before.

It was a widespread event.

The city's first course of action was to assess the damage, to get information to FEMA as they await a formal declaration from the federal agency.

They've opened the Community Recovery Center to connect flood victims to resources, and it's a one stop shop for a multitude of services that we can provide.

The center includes agencies dedicated to disaster relief, like the American Red cross.

We are addressing multiple counties right now.

And Kentucky Baptist Convention.

One of the main things that we do is mass feeding when there is needs.

And so we feed the public.

They will also help flood victims like Sharon Manning with flood recovery inside their homes.

Remember, she says she lost most all of her possessions.

Like pictures and stuff that, you know, got rent and stuff like that and memories, sentimental stuff.

But but I won't ever be able to get that stuff back.

But Manning's home, one of nearly 200 across Warren County that suffered damage.

For Kentucky edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you.

Laura.

Bowling Green and Warren County hope to have a federal declaration from FEMA by sometime next week.