Daviess County crews assess flooding in Stanley

DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. (WEHT) — Although flood waters recede, concerns continue to rise. Several roads in Daviess County are still under water, leaving residents wondering where to go, especially those in Stanley.

The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office patrolled the town by helicopter when every road in and out was flooded last week.

Brandon Lanham is a pilot who was born and raised in Kentucky who helps law enforcement watch from the sky.

Going from English Park and crossing over Stanley, several homes were surrounded by sandbags while Lanham says one homeowner even created their own levee system to keep water at bay.

“Whether they weathered the storm years ago and they new protocol. And they were prepared,” says Lanham. “And unfortunately there were some examples that they weren’t.”

The banks of the Ohio and Green rivers are non existent with the only feature of the Green River visible are the trees on the banks.

“There is a pretty good decline on the Ohio river right now,” says Daviess County EMA Director Andy Ball. “But as far as the green goes, you can look out several days and it only drops a few inches.”

The fields look like lakes and in some areas, Lanham says the water is over a dozen feet deep with irrigation systems barely poking out of the water.

Throughout the county, there are signs of improvement. Roads that were previously under water, are starting to dry out.

“There is a lot of work to be done after the water goes back to the river. But there are lot of volunteers coming out and I believe this a hurdle that they can over come.”