CINCINNATI — Emergency crews are taking action after the Ohio River flooded nearby parks and blocked roads in the Cincinnati region. 

Multiple roads along the Ohio River are underwater and are expected to stay blocked until the water goes down.

Emergency crews say the river water level hit 55-feet high. That's almost double where the water level usually sits at about 26-feet high. Workers and families who live nearby say they have not seen the river this high in years, but years ago, they describe the flooding as much worse. 

"You could see the dumpster was floating through the lot, it was crazy," said Larry Mathews, who works at a manufacturer along the river. 

But the height that the river is right now is enough to flood nearby parks, some roads and it has emergency crews taking action. 

Crews with the Cincinnati Fire Department have been putting up road blocks and flood gates with sandbags at the bottom, to protect neighborhoods and businesses in case it gets worse. 

“We have maintained a network of just over 13 flood gates around the city that keeps the flood waters from some of our low-lying neighborhoods. We have one floodgate installed right now at this level if the river were to come up any more, we'd install additional floodgates," said Assistant Fire Chief Matt Flagler with the Cincinnati Fire Department. 

During this flood, he said the fire department had not had to do any water rescues, but they’re also asking drivers to keep an eye out for road blocks and turn around so it doesn’t become an emergency.