UPDATE Thursday, 6/18
PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- The flood waters in Pike County, Kentucky are beginning to recede and now folks are working to cleanup the mess the flooding left behind.

One of the hardest hit areas was John Cable Hollow, which is in Dorton, Kentucky.

The county has already started repairing the road to the hollow so people can get to their homes.

The water company worked today to repair the water line that ruptured during the road collapse.

Pike County Magistrate Vernon Johnson says he does not know if FEMA aid will be made available for the county, for this latest round of flooding.

ORIGINAL STORY

PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Roads are washed out and homes are damaged again in parts of Pike County after another round of storms pass through the area early Wednesday morning.

The water was so powerful that it tore one road to pieces, and destroyed water lines in the Dorton area. Emergency officials are afraid this will not be the end of the damage.

The mountain behind Kris Hamilton’s home had come crashing into her back room.

"I was out back and heard an explosion..and the tree came into my house," said Hamilton. "Terrible, worse thing I ever felt."

The creek along John Cable Hollow Road filled quickly and washed away part of the road. Backhoes came to the rescue to help salvage what's left of the crumbled hollow roadway.

County trucks filled with sand and gravel were on standby to help rebuild the washed out road.

Hamilton was just glad nobody was injured.

"I’m safe, that's all that matters,” he said.

Courtney Smallwood was inside her home when mud, water, and rocks slammed into her home.

"I felt a big gush, it was like something hard hit the house, and I looked out and it was water running everywhere. It washed everything out. I don't know what happened," said Smallwood.

Smallwood is now stacking rocks along the swift moving creek, trying to reroute the water around her home, something she did just a few days ago.

"We had cleaned up from something that happened on May the 28th, we had all the yard cleaned up and had started actually a new creek yesterday. It doesn't even look like it's been touched," she said.

Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett says crews are actively working to help people in need.

"Water lines are now washed away, so the folks that are up there are still stranded at the moment. Road crews are working to get them access in and out," said Tackett.