The cleanup continues as Kentuckians in some parts of the state continue to keep an eye on rising river levels.

Today, Governor Andy Beshear talked about how many counties have been affected by the floods, the death toll, and what Kentucky can expect from the federal government.

We've now had over 70 counties that have declared states of emergency.

That means in each of these counties, they believe that there is a enough damage, that there was enough flash flooding, storm damage or riverbank flooding, to necessitate a state of, emergency.

And the event is not over yet.

Some good news.

The, Ohio River depressed, in Louisville yesterday, but it's only going to crest in Owensboro on Saturday or Sunday and Henderson on Sunday, and then in Paducah, sometime next week, maybe even a full week from now.

We're also continuing to get reports of, more lives that have been lost.

So today I have a little more, sad news to share.

This morning, we were able to confirm the death of a 66 year old Campbell County man.

This loss joins five others.

Boy, here in Franklin County, a 74 year old woman in Nelson County, a 65 year old man in Trigg County, a 27 year old man in McCracken County, and a 50 year old man in Bullock County.

We expect to submit our application for individual assistance, to, the Secretary for Homeland Security and the president tomorrow.

Now, we are likely to start with 10 to 12 counties.

And I know you saw the map.

70 counties have declared states of emergency or more.

The reason we're doing this is we want to make our best case to get that first round in.

And then we will add counties after that.

We've been through enough of these.

We know that that is the fastest.

Most effective and most efficient process to do it.

And so I know when we make this application and hopefully get signed off on, we'll put out that list of 10 to 12 counties.

Rest assured, there will be more.

The governor toured parts of Louisville yesterday.

He looked at flooded areas and damage caused by tornadoes in Jefferson Town.

He says one of the tornadoes could have been an EF3 or something stronger for a brief period.

Right now, about 2500 customers are without power.

775 are without water, and 350 state highways are still closed, most of them because of high water.

That's down from 550 roads closed just a few days ago.