CINCINNATI — Now that the flood water is starting to go down, clean up efforts are well underway in the Cincinnati region. The city and residents trying to get back in their homes are asking for your help in the cleanup. 

What You Need To Know

  • The flood water from the Ohio River has finally gone down enough that crews and residents across the Cincinnati region can start to access the damage 

  • In the city's Riverside Park, there's sludge and mud left behind as residents wait to get back into their apartment

  • Cincinnati city leaders are asking for volunteers to help with the cleanup on Saturday 

Pamela Moser has been checking the grounds every day. 

“We're just checking the ground to make sure it's solid before we step," said Moser. 

She’s been flooded out of her apartment since Sunday. She lives right in the middle of Riverside Park in Cincinnati. It's right along the flooded Ohio River, and she said this is not the first time she's been in the middle of all the flooding.

“I’ve cried and got emotional through it, but after 10, 11 years, you see it all, but this is my heart," said Moser. 

That’s why she said seeing it flooded with just mud left behind was a relief. 

“It actually looks really, really good because in 2018, we were knee deep in our mud," said Moser. “I'm actually amazed how good it does look."

She said the cleanup will start here this weekend, but over in New Richmond, the cleanup has already started. Several homeowners and business owners are shoveling through inches of mud, trying to save what’s left.

Back at Riverside Park, Moser is just glad she made it out safe.

“I’m ready to cry happy tears because this is amazing," said Moser. 

Even though the water has gone down, some there are a lot of roads still blocked around areas close to the Ohio River because of some of the flood damage left behind. Cincinnati city leaders are asking for volunteers to help in a collective clean up effort on Saturday.

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