In April 2025, central Kentucky and other parts of the region were hit with a series of heavy rainfall storms and tornadoes. The rainfall caused historic flooding in many parts of Kentucky. The Rolling Fork River near Boston, KY crested at 52.61 ft being the 4th largest crest recorded with the largest being 55.2 ft in 1937. ROWW had boots on the ground starting April 4th, with the goal of performing as many muck-outs and debris removals as possible. ROWW worked alongside the local community and other responding organizations.
Each day, the ROWW team of volunteers met at the Boston Community Center, under the leadership of Jill Ashlock, with a plan of action to complete work orders throughout the surrounding counties. Along with the 76 muck-outs performed, our volunteers also did 7 mold remediations, 2 building demos, rebuilt fencing for horses, rescued animals, performed various home repairs, amongst many other things.
For this deployment, Waterstep provided our team with mold remediation bleach-stations to use to get rid of mold in people’s homes, to provide them a safe and clean environment to come back to. We were also provided a generous $1,000 donation from Buzick Construction which we used on various projects throughout the deployment.
Over the course of deployment, our volunteers clocked 588 hours, working tirelessly to help the locals in the community. Many of these volunteers were affected by the flooding; stepping up to help their fellow neighbors.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/weather-news/article303649411.html (info abt flood crests)