Salt River in Shepherdsville begins to recede as residents start cleaning up

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Flood clean up is underway in Shepherdsville after the area saw major flooding from the Salt River.

Highway 61 opened Thursday as the Salt River begins to recede after floodwaters damaged about 60 homes and a dozen businesses. A few churches next to the river, like Mercy Hill, had a lot of damage. Across the street, Journey Christian, had about three feet of water in the building.

The area saw no shortage of Good Samaritans showing up to fix all the damage.

"Fifteen different churches that are coming in to help," Jose Cubero, Shepherdsville mayor, said. "People that can do carpentry work, drywall work to get them back on their feet as quickly as possible, and I gotta tell ya that means a lot as a city that's trying to grow when everything's going good we're all good, but when something challenging like this happens and we all come together, it's really a great part of this city."

Additionally, the Shepherdsville Fire Department has been putting the department's newest firetruck, which was purchased a few months ago, to work during the flooding rescuing a man trapped on a bridge at the Hardin County line a few days ago. Now, the new firetruck is on mop up duty across the city cleaning up debris.

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