Drone Footage Shows Flooded Kentucky River

Floodwaters in some parts of Kentucky https://www.wjhl.com/news/kentucky-floods-4-dead-as-waters-recede-recovery-starts/">started to recede by Tuesday, April 8, after the state was inundated with historic rainfall. Aerial footage captured by Johnnie Nicholson shows the extent of the flooding along the Kentucky River in Wilmore, Kentucky, on Monday, April 7. According to https://www.wkyt.com/video/2025/04/07/wilmore-shuts-off-water-due-river-lock-flooding/">one news report , Wilmore officials shut off the water in town because the nearby river lock was flooded. On Tuesday, Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear https://x.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1909712183790800970">confirmed five people, including a https://newswire.storyful.com/story/322001">child , had been killed in the flooding. A flood warning https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=LMK&wwa=flood%20warning">remained in effect on Wednesday, April 9, for portions of central Kentucky, including Jessamine County, where Wilmore is located, according to the National Weather Service. (Footage by Johnnie Nicholson/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
Floodwaters in some parts of Kentucky https://www.wjhl.com/news/kentucky-floods-4-dead-as-waters-recede-recovery-starts/">started to recede by Tuesday, April 8, after the state was inundated with historic rainfall. Aerial footage captured by Johnnie Nicholson shows the extent of the flooding along the Kentucky River in Wilmore, Kentucky, on Monday, April 7. According to https://www.wkyt.com/video/2025/04/07/wilmore-shuts-off-water-due-river-lock-flooding/">one news report , Wilmore officials shut off the water in town because the nearby river lock was flooded. On Tuesday, Kentucky Gov Andy Beshear https://x.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1909712183790800970">confirmed five people, including a https://newswire.storyful.com/story/322001">child , had been killed in the flooding. A flood warning https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=LMK&wwa=flood%20warning">remained in effect on Wednesday, April 9, for portions of central Kentucky, including Jessamine County, where Wilmore is located, according to the National Weather Service. (Footage by Johnnie Nicholson/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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April 09, 2025
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