Crittenden County Judge-Executive has declared a State of Emergency in the county due to rising river levels and flooding. Flash floods have damaged public and private property already and the forecast is for more rain.Emergency Management Director Greg Rushing said today that the Ohio River is not expected to crest for another week. The river level will reach about 57 feet before it stops rising. That will be near record flood levels, Rushing said. The Ohio River was 13 feet above flood stage Monday, as measured at Shawneetown, Ill.
Here are lists of state and county roads closed at this time due to high water:
COUNTY ROADS
Axel Creek
Charlie May
Monroe Wesmoland
Enon Church
Phin Croft
Providence
Cool Springs
Blackburn Church
Blackford Church
Weston
Bells Mines
Barnett Chapel
Elizabethtown Landing
STATE HIGHWAYS
Ky. 135 from Tolu to Elizabethtown Landing Road
Ky. 1917
Ky. 132
Ky. 91 North
Pictured above are Emergency Management Director Greg Rushing and Judge-Executive Perry Newcom at the river landing in Dycusburg this morning.
