quote, nominal compensation as head of the nonprofit.

It's been one year since Kentucky was hit with one of its most destructive weather events on record, a severe storm outbreak that spawned eight tornadoes and historic flooding at the epicenter of the flooding.

The capital city of Frankfurt, where days of rain pushed the Kentucky River to the second highest crest in the city's history.

Tonight, a look back at the disaster and how far the city has come along its road to recovery.

>> It was our second worst flood to 1938 was the worst, and it only missed it by about an inch.

Very devastating.

Over 500 homes affected and businesses.

So it was a lot to kind of wrap your head around as we were going through it as a community.

>> Most people had never seen anything like it.

And in some areas of town, the residents are convinced that this was the largest, biggest flood we've ever seen in terms of the size and the scope we had over in the city limits, over 200 properties that were affected, either with minor damage or major damage.

We're expecting this to easily surpass over $100 million in damage, and we had hundreds of people that were affected or displaced, and that was what we were focused on in the immediate aftermath.

Life safety was number one.

Property safety was important as well, but also making sure that people were fed, people had utilities and people had a place to live.

>> The areas that were hit the hardest were those in southern part of the county that were, you know, obviously along the river, you know, Big Eddy areas, the most popular, you know, and then in the city, Bell Point and Paul Sawyer drive, I think we're very fortunate being in Franklin County, because we do have state government here.

I mean, within no time, the governor was calling.

What can we do?

What do you need help?

Do you need National Guard?

You know, when things change in the middle of the night, the floods changed.

Everyone thought they were going to be okay.

And then, like, two in the morning, all the charts from FEMA changed.

And then we deployed the National Guard.

They knocked on doors, they evacuated people.

One of the things we're looking at doing is to make stringent guidelines on setbacks for anybody that's in a floodway or floodplain.

So, you know, right now, you know, people have tendency to build up against riverbanks or the Elkhorn Creek because they want to see the waterways.

So we're trying to really change that.

And so we will probably be the first county that puts stricter rules in how things can be built or not built in those areas.

So we're we're looking forward to that because I think it's going to help generations down the road.

The river's going to flood again.

It's not you know, if it's when.

So I think the more things we can do now to prepare for the future, the better off we'll all be.

>> Communication matters.

I think having clear, concise, trustworthy information in times of crisis, it matters.

And that's where the county judge executive and I decided early on to put out multiple reports a day.

>> We brought people up to speed on what was going on.

We gave information about, you know, where food was being served, where housing was, and it was just a great way to communicate with everybody.

So I was proud that we could come together and do that.

>> We persevered.

I think the way the community came together right after the flood, a lot of that has stayed with us over the last 12 months, so it really brought the community together.

But there are those that are still vulnerable, that are not in their homes.

And I think it's a, you know, recovery is it's personal and it's uneven in terms of whether people had resources or support and some people had private insurance, those homeowners have gotten back into their homes a lot faster than those who who waited on FEMA.

But FEMA did come through for a lot of those folks.

But that doesn't make people whole.

We learned that this is not as rare of an occurrence as it has been in the past, and we need to be more prepared.

And so our efforts going forward are not just to maintain what we have, but to make Frankfort a more resilient, more prepared city in the future.

>> That event really showed us that we're not a city, we're not a county, we're Frankfort people came together.

I mean, still today, people are helping each other, you know, they're rebuilding.

And it's really overwhelming to see the community come together and work together as one.

And it's not about any race or nationality or religion.

It's about helping your neighbor.

>> Some good looking after photos there.

There is a flood relief fund that was created shortly after that historical event, with nearly $400,000 that was raised.

The money says