EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY IN CALDWELL COUNTY NEAR THE 16 MILE MARKER IS BEING RE-REROUTED.  STATE TRANSPORTATION CABINET SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS THERE IS A LANDSLIDE WHICH HAS SPILLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AREA.  MOTORIST ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR SLOW MOVING AND MERGING TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.  TRAFFIC IS BEING SHIFTED TO THE LEFT HAND LANE WHILE CLEANUP TAKES PLACE.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR HAS ASKED PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR A PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR KENTUCKY AFTER THIS WEEK'S FLOODING AND STORMS.  BESHEAR ESTIMATES DAMAGE IN THE COMMONWEALTH AT 34 MILLION DOLLARS AND CLIMBING.  THE GOVERNOR ADDS MORE COUNTIES WILL BE ADDED TO THE DECLARATION AS DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE MADE.

AS OF LATE THIS MORNING, THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS SOME 600 CUSTOMERS OF C-D-E REMAIN WITHOUT POWER.  A C-D-E SPOKESPERSON SAYS CREWS ARE WORKING TO GET POWER RESTORED TO NUMEROUS AREAS.  T-V-A REPORTS 638-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ARE WITHOUT POWER AS OF THIS MORNING.