Owsley County flood victims cleaning up, need donations
and last updated 2021-03-09 18:35:11-05
OWSLEY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) â It s all hands on deck in Owsley County where homes and businesses are still drying out from last week s historic flood.
In Booneville, the local Shopwise grocery store was hit hard.
LEX 18 It was as if a surge of water came through because really heavy things were washed from the back of the store to the front of the store, Shopwise store owner Julie Patton said.
Patton said all the perishable food had to be tossed, and it doesn t stop there. The health department is saying that because of the splashing that we re probably going to have to get rid of everything, Patton said.