Officials say landslide on NKY highway to be 'a short-term closure'; see what's closed

As excessive rainfall continues successful Greater Cincinnati aft a circular of storms Sunday and Wednesday, roads successful Northern Kentucky person been closed owed to flooding and different hazards.

Here's a breakdown of what roads were closed arsenic of 8:40 a.m., according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet:

• Richwood Road (KY 338) adjacent the intersection with Hicks Pike successful Boone County.

• Riddles Run Road (KY 2852) successful Boone County.

• Mary Ingles Highway (KY 6335) betwixt River Road and Tower Hill Road successful Campbell County owed to a landslide.

• ​Scott Street betwixt Fourth and Fifth Streets successful Covington is closed owed to a h2o main break.​

Transportation officials are urging motorists to ne'er thrust done a flooded roadway.

"There person been respective reports of motorists driving past barricades/barrels connected to flooded roadways," KTYC said successful a release. "Remember: Turn around. Don't drown."

Crews are presently moving to wide mud, trees and debris from Mary Ingles Highway, Jake Ryle, a spokesperson for KYTC's District 6, said successful an email. After that enactment is complete, the crews volition statesman constructing ditches to assistance with drainage.

"The anticipation is that we tin reopen the roadworthy aboriginal today," Ryle said. "We privation to accent that this closure is simply a short-term closure."

Much of Greater Cincinnati is nether a flood ticker until Sunday, with the heaviest rainfall expected Saturday and Saturday night, perchance prompting the flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and different low-lying and flood-prone locations.

Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties successful Kentucky, arsenic good arsenic portion of Clermont County successful Ohio, were placed nether a flood informing until noon, according to the upwind service.

Areas that whitethorn acquisition flooding are Cincinnati, Covington, Florence, Independence, Erlanger, Fort Thomas, Newport, Edgewood, Alexandria, Elsmere, Fort Mitchell, Villa Hills, Highland Heights, Taylor Mill, Bellevue, Fort Wright, Dayton and Ludlow, the upwind services said.

The Ohio River astatine Cincinnati could spot insignificant to mean flooding, according to a h2o gauge forecast. Water levels could scope arsenic precocious as 56 feet by Sunday night, causing immoderate inundation of roads and structures adjacent the river.

National Weather Service forecasters also expect showers and thunderstorms passim the weekend. Damaging winds and ample hail volition beryllium the superior terrible upwind threats.

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