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>>> THE STATE IS TRANSITIONING FROM RESCUE TO RECOVERY EFFORTS IN THE WAKE OF DAMAGING FLOODS.

THE OHIO RIVER AND OWENSBORO CRESTED AT 47.5 FEET THE HIGHEST SINCE MARCH OF 1997.

OUR LAURA ROGERS BRINGS US MORE FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY.

>> WE EXPECTED A BIG FLOOD.

>> THOSE EXPECTATIONS CAME TRUE.

HERE IN THE STANLEY COMMUNITY OF DAVIESS COUNTY.

>> WE STARTED TO SANDBAG AND PUT A DIKE AROUND OUR SHOPS.

>> HE NOW FARMS 2500 ACRES OF CORN AND SOYBEANS.

>> THE GREEN AND OHIO MEET HERE ON THE HIGHWAY.

>> HE SAYS IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO THREE DECADES SINCE HE HAS SEEN THE RIVERS THIS HIGH.

>> IN '97 IT WAS ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME THIS WAS FOUR INCHES HIGHER.

>> NEIGHBORING McCLAIN COUNTY GOT IT WORSE.

SO WE WENT TO SEE FOR OURSELVES.

>> WE ARE SADLY HAVE EXPERIENCING SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE LIKES OF SINCE NOON 50.

>> OCCURSTIES DAY ESTIMATES HALF HIS COUNTY IS UNDERWATER.

>> WE ALWAYS KNEW WE COULD SURVIVE A HEAVY DOWNPOUR WE HAD THE CAPACITY BUT WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS UPSTREAM WERE TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS THAT SPELLS SAD SITUATIONS FOR McCLAIN COUNTY.

>> THEY'VE ENLISTED THE HELP LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES WHO ASSISTED IN WATER RESCUES AND DELIVERING FOOD AND MEDICINE TO PEOPLE SHELTERING IN PLACE.

>> THE LOGISTICS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES BECOMES A CHALLENGE WHEN YOUR COUNTY IS CUT IN HALF.

>> WITH 75% OF COUNTY ROADS UNDERWATER, THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN A CRUCIAL RESOURCE.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN A GOD SEND AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME THROUGH THIS WITHOUT FATALITIES WITHOUT THEIR HELP.

>> 200-400 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED A SHELTER IS SETUP AT A CHURCH IN THE CENTER OF TOWN.

>> WE WANTED TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED FOOD AND WATER.

>> ALEXIS AND HER BROTHER OPERATE A FOOD TRUCK THIS WEEK THEY ARE GIVING FREE MEALS TO FIRST-RESPONDERS, VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE IN NEED.

>> PORK CHOPS, CHICKEN, HAM BUSKERRERS AND HOT DOGS.

>> THEY LIVE IN HOPKINS COUNTY.

>> NORMALLY IT IS A 20-MINUTE DRIVE NOW IT IS AN HOUR DRIVE TO GET PAST THE WATER.

>> IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THE FLOODWATERS YOU ARE ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED BECAUSE IT'S ADDED TIME TO THE COMMUTE.

>> HE SAYS THE COUNTY CONNECTS THE WESTERN AND NORTH WRN PARTS OF THE STATE.

THE ROUTES CURRENTLY CLOSED.

>> IT'S HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESSES WE WERE USED TO THE 5700 CARS COMING THROUGH CALHOUN.

>> THE RIVER WILL TAKE A WHILE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND IMPACT.

>> WE'VE LOST A LOT OF PROPERTY.

WE'LL FIX THAT.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAPPY AND HEALTHY, YOU COULD SAY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT LOST ANYBODY.

>> AS OF RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST HALF DONE WITH CORN AND BEANS.

>> FOR FARMS LIKE DENNY GRANT THE WATER AND STANDING WATER DELAYED SPRING PLANTING, CONCERNS HE HAS WEATHERED BEFORE.

>> YOU TAKE STRESS THROUGH THE YEARS AND YOU LEARN TO LIVE AND DEAL WITH IT IT DEPENDS ON GOD AND THE WEATHER.

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