Woodford County’s emergency management director estimates more than 250 homes have suffered major flood damage after storms battered the area over the past week. Drew Chandler said the Kentucky River crested early Monday morning at a level it hadn’t reached since 1978. Sunday, the City of Versailles shut down its water intake at the river, which also supplies two county water districts. Monday, hundreds of people like James and Debbie Baker came to the county park for free bottled water.
“We had eight inches in the well of our crawl space that we have pumped out, and we have probably a good four to six inches still under our crawl space. And until we get that pumped out, we can't actually get under there to find out exactly what type of damage is done.”
The Bakers, like many flood victims in Woodford County, live several miles away from the Kentucky River.
“We're in a lot better shape than unfortunately a whole lot of people in Woodford County and all of central Kentucky are ours, I guess you would deem as a minor inconvenience compared to what other people are going through.”
City and county officials are asking residents to conserve water.
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