Northern Kentucky health agency advising for, offering tetanus vaccinations for flood recovery first responders

ON WLWT TRACKING SOME RAIN WITH THE WLWT LIVE RADAR THIS MORNING. THE TIMELINE OF SOME STORMS TO SLOW DOWN YOUR EVENING, AND THE LATEST ON TEMPERATURES AS RISING RIVERS AS OUR RIVER LEVELS DROP THIS WEEKEND AND THE FLOODING IS CAUSING PARKING CONCERNS AHEAD OF A BUSY WEEKEND IN THE QUEEN CITY, OUR DANIELLE DINDAK JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU’RE HEADING DOWNTOWN AND BREAKING NEWS. A SEMI OVERTURNS ON 71, CLOSING THOSE SOUTHBOUND LANES. IT’S BEEN HOURS NOW. THEY ARE STILL CLOSED. THIS IS OVER BY THE KENWOOD MALL. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND WHAT POLICE TELL US. IT WAS CARRYING. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY LEADING THE WAY. 5 A.M. A RAINY START TO YOUR THURSDAY. THIS IS ACTUALLY A LIVE LOOK AT 71 SOUTH. THIS IS HEADED TOWARD MONTGOMERY ROAD. FROM OUR STORM TRACKER, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THOSE ROADS ARE SOAKED THERE. AND OF COURSE WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS COMING UP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. A CRASH THERE ON 71 SOUTH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M MEGAN MITCHELL AND I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON WITH KELLY RIPPIN. WE ARE TRACKING THE IMPACTS FOR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE AND THE CHANCE FOR MORE RAIN AND MORE STORMS THIS EVENING. IT IS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY, SO LET’S CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO WHO’S TIMING ALL OF THIS OUT. SO RANDI THE GOOD NEWS THIS RAIN BRINGING WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH IT. WE’LL JUMP UP INTO THE 60S BETWEEN THE MORNING AND EVENING ROUNDS OF RAIN. AND THE GOOD NEWS I HAVE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW IS YOU CAN SEE THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN MAKING ITS WAY VERY QUICKLY INTO OHIO AND KENTUCKY. SO OUR INDIANA COMMUNITIES HAVE BASICALLY DRIED OUT IN THE LAST HALF HOUR OR SO. THIS IS A ONE HOUR TIME LAPSE AS WE TAKE A LOOK TO THE NORTH BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN, BACK TOWARD OCEANA, KIND OF STRETCHING UP TOWARD OXFORD. SO YOU’RE STILL SEEING SOME RAIN SHOWERS IN FAIRFIELD AND HAMILTON, RIGHT ALONG 75, LOOKING UP TOWARD I-71, LOOKING AT STEADY RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF WARREN COUNTY. AND AGAIN, IT LOOKS ON THE RADAR LIKE IT’S JUST POURING OUTSIDE. BUT SOME OF THIS IS A COMPLICATING FACTOR. THE FACT THAT IT’S COLD OUTSIDE THIS MORNING AND THE RADAR IS ACTUALLY PICKING UP ON SOME SNOWFLAKES THAT ARE MELTING. DON’T WORRY, THEY’RE MELTING AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN TO US. SO THAT’S WHY IT MAY BE LOOKING A LITTLE HOTTER ON THE RADAR THAN IT ACTUALLY IS. INSIDE THE 2.75 LOOP, YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND THEN WE SLIDE SOUTH. BOONE COUNTY STARTING TO DRY OUT THE 71 STRETCH SOUTH OF THE SPLIT AS WELL. STARTING TO SEE THE RAIN PUSH TO THE EAST. SO OUR EASTERN COMMUNITIES STILL STEADY RAINFALL PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT HOUR, MAYBE TWO. BY THE TIME YOU CLEAR OUT IN PORTIONS OF ADAMS COUNTY. SO YOUR RAIN CHANCES TODAY, RAIN BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP. BUT A DECENT AFTERNOON. WE DO GET A BOOST TO THE 60S. WE MIGHT SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE. AND THEN THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR SOME STORMS THIS EVENING. IT’S NOT A WIDESPREAD THING, BUT YOU COULD HAVE A LITTLE LIGHTNING, MAYBE EVEN SOME TINY HAIL IN THE SPOTS THAT DO SEE THAT EVENING CLUSTER. SO HERE’S THE NEXT 12 HOURS. RIGHT NOW WE’RE SITTING IN THE MID 40S AND YOU’LL NOTICE TEMPERATURES DON’T MOVE MUCH HERE. EARLY WEATHER IMPACT SYMBOL FOR THE MORNING RUSH. WE SHOULD DRY OUT BY ABOUT 8 OR 9 A.M. AND THEN INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE 60S. RAIN CHANCES CREEP BACK IN THIS EVENING. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TIMELINE FOR THAT. AND ONE OF THE BETTER WEEKENDS WE HAD RECENTLY COMING UP. KELLY. THAT’S WHAT WE LIKE TO HEAR. RANDI THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL CHECK BACK IN, HAVE A LOOK AT TRAFFIC THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A SITUATION ON 71 SOUTHBOUND. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY BUSY STRETCH OF ROAD. AS WE GET INTO OUR MORNING COMMUTE. SO WE’LL BE WATCHING THIS FOR YOU CLOSELY. THIS IS AT MONTGOMERY ROAD, 71 SOUTH. AND THE GOOD NEWS, EVEN THOUGH 71 SOUTH IS SHUT DOWN AS YOU CAN EXIT RIGHT OFF ON MONTGOMERY ROAD AND THEN YOU CAN HOP RIGHT BACK ON AT KENWOOD. BUT WE KNOW AS MORE PEOPLE DO GET READY TO HEAD OUT, AND WITH THE RAIN OUT THERE, WE COULD SEE SOME DELAYS START TO BUILD HERE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF. HOPEFULLY. THE CASE IS THAT THEY GET THIS REOPENED, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, 71 SOUTHBOUND IS CLOSED RIGHT BY THE KENWOOD MALL. OTHERWISE, YOU SAW THOSE WET ROADWAYS. YOU KNOW THAT THE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE WET WHEN YOU HEAD OUT. SO MAYBE JUST GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME THIS MORNING. STILL BE AWARE OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN SOME OF OUR MORE RURAL AREAS AND SOME OF THOSE LOW LYING AREAS. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL OF THOSE EXCLAMATION POINTS INDICATING THAT ROADS ARE CLOSED. NONE OF OUR MAJOR INTERSTATES WITH THE FLOODING, BUT STILL SOME OF THOSE SECONDARY ROADS THAT WOULD GET YOU THERE. SO JUST TAKE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR, AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE 71 CLOSURE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A BETTER LOOK HERE. THAT SEMI HAULING MORE THAN 40,000 POUNDS OF CHEESE. AS WE LEARNED JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT OVERTURNED CLOSING THOSE SOUTHBOUND LANES. IT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 1130 LAST NIGHT NEAR THE MONTGOMERY ROAD EXIT. SO NO INJURIES WHICH WE’RE GLAD TO HEAR. NOTHING SPILLED ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A MINOR OIL LEAK, BUT THE CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT CLEANUP NOW, SO IT’S BEEN ABOUT SIX HOURS, AS WE MENTIONED. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED IN THE DETOUR IS VERY EASY. NOW TO A LIVE LOOK OVER THE OHIO RIVER, WHERE FLOOD WATERS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO RECEDE AFTER LAST WEEK’S RAIN. AND AS RANDY SAID, WE COULD REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE TODAY. THAT’S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING. NOW, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WATER LEVELS IS BECOMING CLEARER ON THE LEFT. THAT’S VIDEO FROM MONDAY SHOWING THAT ABANDONED WHITE VEHICLE UNDERWATER RIGHT BY THE ROEBLING BRIDGE ON YOUR RIGHT. THAT SAME VIEW TWO DAYS LATER. SO WE’RE STARTING TO SEE MUCH MORE OF THAT CAR. OBVIOUSLY NOT A GOOD SITUATION FOR THAT PERSON. SO THE WHEELS ARE STILL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED. BUT THINGS SHOULD START TO IMPROVE. AND WHILE THE WATER IS GOING DOWN, STILL MANY CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF A HISTORIC GERMAN CLUB THAT HAD THEIR MEETING PLACE ALMOST DISAPPEAR UNDERWATER. BUT WE WANT TO START WITH WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DINDAK, WHO IS NEAR MARION WAY DOWNTOWN. DANIELLE. PARKING IS A BIG CONCERN, WITH MANY SPACES STILL UNUSABLE AND SEVERAL BIG EVENTS HAPPENING. THIS WEEKEND. YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT, KELLY. THE BANKS ARE TRULY LEARNING THEIR NAME THIS WEEK, SO I DO WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT PARKING SITUATION. IT’S ON EVERYONE’S MIND. SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE ON PETE ROADS WAY. AND AS YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY PARKING GARAGES. SOME GOOD NEWS HERE. THINGS ARE DRYING OUT. BUT YOU STILL DO SEE THOSE BARRICADES UP. NOW, IF YOU’RE WONDERING ABOUT DISNEY ON ICE, HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. THE SHOW WILL DEFINITELY GO ON ALL SEVEN SHOWS. SO STARTING TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY, DISNEY WILL TAKE THE ICE AT HERITAGE BANK ARENA. THE REDS WILL ALSO HAVE A HOMESTAND BEGINNING TOMORROW AGAINST THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES. PLUS, THERE’S A CONCERT OVER AT THE BRADY CENTER ON SATURDAY. THE FLOODING ON MARION WAY CAUSED THE PARKING PROBLEMS FOR THE ZZ TOP CONCERT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH REPORTS OF WATER ON THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE EAST GARAGE, AS WELL AS CRG. NOW, I ASKED WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PARK DOWN HERE THIS WEEKEND. PARKING. UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERN, BUT OPEN LOTS ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. THE LOT HERE ON PETE ROSE WAY AND BROADWAY ARE IS WIDE OPEN AND BEING PARKED. THE EAST GARAGE IS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE FROM PETE ROSE WAY, AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL RIVERFRONT GARAGES ACCESSIBLE FROM SECOND STREET, AS WELL AS JOE NUXHALL OVER NEAR THE HOLY GRAIL. NOW, COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, I’LL LET YOU KNOW EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO ADA ACCESSIBILITY. ONE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT QUICKLY, THOUGH, WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF CHECK OUT SOME THINGS ON MARION WAY. STILL VERY DIRTY DOWN THERE, BUT THANKFULLY THE WATER IS STARTING TO RECEDE. THIS IS TRULY WHEN THAT CLEANUP PROCESS WILL START TO BEGIN. REPORTING L

A Northern Kentucky health agency is teaming up with local resources to administer the tetanus vaccine to residents and first responders assisting with cleaning up damage from recent flooding.The Three Rivers District Health Department says getting an updated tetanus vaccine is recommended if you are exposed to flood waters and it’s been five years or more since your last vaccine.TRDHD is teaming up with the following locations to offer the vaccine across Northern Kentucky:Pendleton County: TRDHD is teaming up with Butler Baptist Church and Harrison Memorial Hospital Primary of Falmouth to administer the vaccine to county residents and anyone assisting with clean up. For more information, click here.Gallatin County: First responders—including fire, EMS, police, road department, state police, emergency management personnel and mayors—are encouraged to contact Gallatin County Health Center at 859-567-2844 to schedule an appointment.Carroll County: Vaccines will be available for first responders from 1-3 p.m. Thursday at the Carroll County Health Center (401 11th Street).Owen County: Vaccines will be available for first responders at the Owen County Courthouse, on Madison Street, from 9-11 a.m. Thursday.For more information on vaccine eligibility and hours, click here.

A Northern Kentucky health agency is teaming up with local resources to administer the tetanus vaccine to residents and first responders assisting with cleaning up damage from recent flooding.

The Three Rivers District Health Department says getting an updated tetanus vaccine is recommended if you are exposed to flood waters and it’s been five years or more since your last vaccine.

TRDHD is teaming up with the following locations to offer the vaccine across Northern Kentucky:

Pendleton County: TRDHD is teaming up with Butler Baptist Church and Harrison Memorial Hospital Primary of Falmouth to administer the vaccine to county residents and anyone assisting with clean up. For more information, click here.
Gallatin County: First responders—including fire, EMS, police, road department, state police, emergency management personnel and mayors—are encouraged to contact Gallatin County Health Center at 859-567-2844 to schedule an appointment.
Carroll County: Vaccines will be available for first responders from 1-3 p.m. Thursday at the Carroll County Health Center (401 11th Street).
Owen County: Vaccines will be available for first responders at the Owen County Courthouse, on Madison Street, from 9-11 a.m. Thursday.

For more information on vaccine eligibility and hours, click here.

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