LEADING THE WAY AND AT 5 A.M. A LIVE LOOK RIGHT OVER THE OHIO RIVER IN DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. IT IS STILL CRESTING AFTER DAYS OF RAIN. IT’S GOING TO BE DAYS BEFORE THOSE LEVELS RETURN TO NORMAL. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE STAYING DRY TODAY. SO GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M MEGAN MITCHELL AND STEVEN ALBRITTON WITH KELLY RIPPIN. IT MAY BE DRY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS COLD. WE ARE STARTING THE DAY OUT WITH BARELY IN THE 30S THERE. YES. METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO TRACKING WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAYBE HAVE PUT AWAY THE HEAVY, HEAVY COATS AND YOU COULD GET AWAY WITHOUT THE HEAVY ONE, BUT YOU NEED A COAT FOR SURE TODAY. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE GOING TO BE BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 11 A.M., SO I WOULD SAY WINTER COAT WORTHY WEATHER THIS MORNING. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAD DOWN TO THE RIVER, BE SAFE TO EVEN JUST YOU’RE TRYING TO CHECK OUT AND SEE HOW HIGH THE RIVER IS. AGAIN. CRESTING THIS MORNING WE THOUGHT IT WAS CRESTING YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT IT KEPT KIND OF PUMP FAKING US OUT, RIGHT? IT WOULD LEVEL OFF OR EVEN DIP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN GO RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN. EXPECTED TO CREST ABOUT BY ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING. AS FAR AS THE TEMPERATURES GO, THESE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON GOING DOWN FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IT IS 29 DEGREES IN CINCINNATI. SAME THING IN HARRISON 30 IN BATAVIA. SO TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE CHILLY SIDE THIS MORNING AND WE WILL STAY SUBFREEZING THROUGH ABOUT 10 OR 11 A.M. SO YOU CAN SEE 8:00 CLEAR SKIES, 28 DEGREES BY 11 A.M. WE’RE AT 35 THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SUNSHINE WILL ACTUALLY FEEL DECENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SUNSHINE HELPS AND WILL BE ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT 47 DEGREES. SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE OHIO RIVER LATEST MEASUREMENT THIS MORNING, 60.73FT GENERALLY LOOKS TO BE KIND OF FLATTENING OUT RIGHT NOW. BUT AT MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. AND IT HAS ECLIPSED THAT 2018 HEIGHT. SO THIS IS THE HIGHEST OF COURSE IN RECENT MEMORY THOUGH 1997 WAS A FEW FEET HIGHER. THE OHIO RIVER AT MARKLAND STILL GOING UP BUT AT MELDAHL DAM AND AT MAYSVILLE, CRESTED YESTERDAY AND ALREADY HEADED DOWN. SO WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THE IMPACT OF SOME MIDWEEK RAIN SHOWERS ON YOUR RIVER LEVELS COMING UP. MEGAN. ALL RIGHT. RANDY. THANK YOU. 5:02. BREAKING RIGHT NOW. A MAN IS DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING HIT AND RUN IN WESTWOOD. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING NEAR WORK ROAD NEAR MARRIAGE COURT. AROUND 2 A.M. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE FOR US NEAR THE SCENE RIGHT NOW. AND, RICHARD, THAT ROAD IS CLOSED AS OFFICERS INVESTIGATE. YES, MEGAN. WORK ROAD SHUT DOWN BETWEEN BHUTTO AND QUEEN CITY FOR FOLKS ON THE WEST SIDE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AS YOU START YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. CINCINNATI POLICE ARE STILL PROCESSING THE SCENE RIGHT NOW. THE TRAFFIC UNIT IS TAKING THE LEAD. THIS WAS CALLED IN AROUND 230 THIS MORNING WITH DISTRICT THREE OFFICERS RESPONDING. A GOOD SAMARITAN ACTUALLY MAKING THE CALL, DISCOVERING AN INDIVIDUAL STRUCK IN THE ROAD. NOW, IMMEDIATE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO TRY AND REVIVE THAT INDIVIDUAL TO NO AVAIL. RIGHT NOW, ONE PERSON, THOUGH PRONOUNCED DEAD HERE ON THE SCENE AT WORK ROAD. NOW, AS CINCINNATI POLICE CONTINUE TO PROCESS THE SCENE, THEY ARE DESCRIBING THIS AS A HIT AND RUN. POLICE NOT ISSUING A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION, BUT THAT VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT, THEY SAY, WOULD HAVE FRONT END DAMAGE. SO AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF INFORMATION STILL DEVELOPING. POLICE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE RELEASING. WE ARE UNCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE NEXT OF KIN HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. SO WE ARE REFRAINING FROM IDENTIFYING THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS STRUCK IN THE ACCIDENT. BUT AGAIN, WORK ROAD REMAINS SHUT DOWN BETWEEN QUEEN CITY AND NOW FOLKS ON THE WEST SIDE DO NEED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AS THEY START THEIR MORNING COMMUTE. AS CINCINNATI POLICE DISTRICT THREE OFFICERS AND THE TRAFFIC UNIT CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION. REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING IN WESTWOOD, RICHARD CHILES, WLWT NEWS FIVE. RICHARD, THANK YOU. THIS MORNING, NEIGHBORS ARE RETURNING HOME. CREWS ARE RETURNING TO CLEANUP EFFORTS IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HIT HARD BY FLOODING, WHICH HAVE NOW TURNED DEADLY. KATIE DONOVAN IS TRACKING THE CLEANUP AND THE ROAD CLOSURES. THERE ARE STILL MANY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND IN AREAS THAT ARE LOW LYING. LET’S START, THOUGH, WITH GIACOMO LUCA, WHO IS NEAR BUTLER THIS MORNING. THAT CITY AND NEARBY FALMOUTH EVACUATED THIS WEEKEND AS THE LICKING RIVER ROSE HIGHER. GIACOMO, ITS ONLY RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY CREWS THAT GET TO GO BACK IN FOR NOW. YES, STEVEN. THAT’S RIGHT. THE ONLY FOLKS THAT’S GOING TO BE ALLOWED INTO BUTLER ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. EARLY THIS MORNING, OF COURSE, MANY ROADS REMAIN BLOCKED, LIKE ONE OF THE ROADS RIGHT BEHIND US HERE INTO BUTLER CITY CREWS STILL WORKING TO RESTORE SERVICES, INCLUDING SEWER. THERE’S ALSO LOTS TO CLEAN UP DOWN HERE, INCLUDING THAT OIL SPILL WE BROUGHT TO YOU AS BREAKING NEWS YESTERDAY MORNING DURING THE FLOODS. OFFICIALS SAY THEY DON’T THINK ANY OF THE OIL HAS REACHED THE LICKING RIVER ITSELF, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON A PLAN OVER CONCERNS ABOUT IT SINKING INTO THE SOIL. THERE IS STILL NO TIMELINE FOR CLEANUP YET. MEANWHILE, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY JUST A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, THEY FOUND THE BODY OF 66 YEAR OLD ROBERT SINGLETON. THEY SAY HE WAS WEARING A LIFE JACKET NEAR A CANOE AND ARE CALLING THIS A DROWNING. PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH TO SAY THAT SINGLETON WAS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST AND WAS LIKELY TRYING TO CLEAN UP, ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT OIL SPILL. HE WAS A REALLY GOOD GUY. HE WOULD JOKE AROUND WITH US A LOT AND EVERYTHING, AND. HE’D KEEP OUR STUFF CLEANED OUT HERE FOR US TOO, AND WOULD MOW OUR OUR GRASS AND STUFF AND WE’D SHOOT THE WIND. AND HE WAS HE’S GOING TO BE MISSED VERY DEARLY. MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW SINGLETON DROWNED. MEANWHILE, AS FAR AS BUTLER OPENING UP FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN. WE'