Blanch, his former personal attorney, to serve as interim attorney general.

Well, it has been one year since Kentucky endured one of its most destructive spring weather events on record.

Over four days, waves of heavy rain and severe storms swept across the state, triggering flash floods, record river flooding and a rare overnight tornado outbreak.

Our Toby Gibbs has a look back.

>> Eight tornadoes touched down across several counties between April 2nd and third, the most destructive an EF three that tore through an industrial corridor in Jeffersontown before moving into nearby subdivisions.

Dozens of businesses and homes were destroyed.

The storm system lingered for days, dumping nearly a foot of rain across parts of the state.

The downpours triggered widespread flooding that claimed seven lives.

>> We're looking at a historical flood here.

That's.

It hasn't been this bad in a long, long time.

>> The Kentucky River surged to record levels at Camp Nelson and reached the second highest crest in history.

In Frankfurt, the capital city became the epicenter of the disaster.

>> Quite a few, you know, homes that water six, seven feet inside the homes and, you know, a lot of the areas are still inaccessible because of the high water across the roads.

>> Streets and neighborhoods disappeared under flood waters in other Central Kentucky communities as the Kentucky River continued to rise, forcing hundreds from their homes and causing widespread damage.

>> We prepped as much as we could in the week coming up to this when we heard all this was coming.

There's only so much that can help us.

Even stacking everything in the house knee high up, it wasn't good enough because it's waist high.

>> In western Kentucky, many families were also forced to evacuate as the Ohio and salt rivers spilled over their banks.

>> 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.

The fire department got me out in a boat.

>> Across the state, major highways and roads were covered, temporarily cutting off access to some communities.

>> Our generator went out on us yesterday, so I had to carry it out on a kayak and carry it back on a kayak.

Gasoline every day, propane every day.

This is my property right here as well.

And then I got one down the street just all the way underwater.

>> Finally, the rivers and the flood waters began to recede and the cleanup and recovery began.

>> People are just anxious to get back into their homes, to see what they have to do to get on the road to recovery.

>> I think we're good for now.

Thank you.

>> We know this is a devastation, but you still have your life and you still have your home, and it will take a while to get it all back together, but it'll come