NELSON COUNTY, Ky. — Some residents in Nelson County said they were cut off for several days as flood waters surrounded their homes in Boston, Kentucky.

At last, the river is going down.

“It’s a lot of water," Brent Adams said. "You can see it got way up the road there."

Adams was cut off for several days as the Rolling Fork surrounded his home on Shady Lane. The high water left behind an incredible mess. Debris covers his property.

“Anything from three-wheelers to kayaks to boats, propane tank,” Adams said as he surveyed his yard.

The river stopped at his doorstep, but many of his neighbors were under several feet of water.

“Us, fortunately, we just got the mess," Adams said. "But the other people down the street, I mean, they’ve lost everything."

Nelson County Emergency Management Agency is offering food, water and cleaning supplies in Boston.

“I’m going to guess about three (feet) in the house,” said resident Doug Daniels, who has yet to see the damage to his home on Nelsonville Road in Boston. 

Daniels said he doesn't think he'll get to his house until Thursday at the earliest. 

Flooding in parts of Nelson and Hardin counties reached or surpassed levels set in 1997. In fact, flooding came within a few feet of breaking records set in 1937, according to Nelson County EMA.

“You just don’t see this volume of water and that much rain in one time," said Brad Metcalf, Nelson County EMA director. "That’s just not something you see very often." 

The cleanup process will take weeks, and for the hardest hit residents, that work hasn’t even started. But there are several disaster relief agencies deployed in Boston.

“The people that are displaced, our No. 1 goal is, the fastest that we can, to get in and get these houses completely cleaned out so we can look at restoring their abilities to live in their home,” said Jill Ashlock of nonprofit Reach Out Worldwide.

Nelson County EMA reported it assisted in more than 60 swift-water rescues in previous days.