Drone Footage Captures Extensive Flooding in Kentucky

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Numerous flash flood watches and warnings were in effect across Kentucky as “excessive” rain fell on Saturday, February 15, causing “extensive” flooding.Drone footage captured by Johnnie Nicholson shows structures surrounded by floodwaters near Levi Jackson Park in London.“After nearly three inches of rain over the last 18 hours, the Little Laurel River has overflowed its band,” Nicholson told Storyful. “Roadway, businesses, and homes have been cut off or flooded by the heavy rainfall.”A flood warning and a flood watch remained in effect for portions of south central and southeast Kentucky until Sunday evening, the National Weather Service reported, with up to five more inches of rain expected on Sunday evening, causing “high impact flash flooding and river flooding” and possible “rock and mud slides” in the region. Credit: Johnnie Nicholson via Storyful
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