 Summer has arrived and Appalachian Wireless has a great sell on the world's hottest smartphone from now to the end of the month. You can get the amazing iPhone 13 for more than half off because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Earlier today water levels rose in the city of Martin creating a massive detour. Anyone trying to get to City Hall, the fire department or the police station will have to go southwest towards Hazard before returning to the city of Martin. It is unknown when water levels would decrease and the road will become safely passable again. So yesterday my wife and I were running around to the different stores and checking up on our own place at the same time but the water got up to about 5, 6 feet where we live and it totally submerged our shed and we kept running around town and none of the water was here but yeah all this was overnight. But yesterday it got pretty bad South Martin kind of McDowell area between McDowell and Martin is where it just kind of crept up and it seems like tonight it finally caught up. The couple floods that I have been in, this has been the worst. They keep talking about the flood back in 84 and how this is even worse than that so it's pretty bad. Emergency resources are currently only available via detour and the mayor's office is flooded leaving no way for anyone to get in or out. Despite this the citizens of Martin are still expressing their gratitude towards first responders. I think the first responders are definitely doing everything they can especially hauling people out. Like in Maytown I've seen several police cars and fire department trucks hauling people to safety. The water gets into your home you can still clean it out but there's businesses and people are losing their cars especially in Heinemann, White'sburg area. Actually my cousin, my wife's cousin came up here because her car got swept away. So pretty bad in those areas. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.