Parts of downtown Cincinnati are unrecognizable, and many people are flocking to see it for themselves as the Ohio River reached record levels. “This is even more crazy than I thought,” Donna Boutilier from Montgomery said.Walking paths downtown along Mehring Way are nowhere to be found. Parking garages are turning into aquariums. Our WLWT crew saw fish swimming where cars are usually parked. “There’s no place to park like even if you wanted to unless you go further in town,” Kim Summers said.Some people are using alternative modes of transportation, like kayaks, to get around. “It’s pretty crazy to see the water up so high. I’ve never witnessed this in all my years living in Northern Kentucky,” JT Toole from Northern Kentucky said. Behind the rising water, there’s work going on to minimize damage. At the Millcreek Barrier Dam, water from the creek is actively being pumped into the Ohio River, protecting the Mill Creek Valley from flooding. “This one facility protects about $3 billion of public and private infrastructure,” city stormwater management engineer Eric Saylor said. “In a period of four days, it turned from bone dry to lake Ohio.” Downtown, the high waters continue to be an attraction, but they can also cost you.’There’s a car in the middle of Mehring Way that’s in at least four feet of water,” Glenn Boutilier from Montgomery said. ” Somebody made a bad mistake.”
Parts of downtown Cincinnati are unrecognizable, and many people are flocking to see it for themselves as the Ohio River reached record levels.
“This is even more crazy than I thought,” Donna Boutilier from Montgomery said.
Walking paths downtown along Mehring Way are nowhere to be found. Parking garages are turning into aquariums. Our WLWT crew saw fish swimming where cars are usually parked.
“There’s no place to park like even if you wanted to unless you go further in town,” Kim Summers said.
Some people are using alternative modes of transportation, like kayaks, to get around.
“It’s pretty crazy to see the water up so high. I’ve never witnessed this in all my years living in Northern Kentucky,” JT Toole from Northern Kentucky said.
Behind the rising water, there’s work going on to minimize damage.
At the Millcreek Barrier Dam, water from the creek is actively being pumped into the Ohio River, protecting the Mill Creek Valley from flooding.
“This one facility protects about $3 billion of public and private infrastructure,” city stormwater management engineer Eric Saylor said. “In a period of four days, it turned from bone dry to lake Ohio.”
Downtown, the high waters continue to be an attraction, but they can also cost you.
‘There’s a car in the middle of Mehring Way that’s in at least four feet of water,” Glenn Boutilier from Montgomery said. ” Somebody made a bad mistake.”
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