01:12 Stranded on I-65 in Kentucky During Winter Storm Thor Jim Cantore talked to Denise Ganus who has been stranded for more than 12 hours on I-65 in Kentucky due to snow from Winter Storm Thor.

Dozens of vehicles have been stranded for hours on Interstate 65 in Kentucky due to Winter Storm Thor, according to local reports.

The heavy snow has piled up around cars, trapping drivers inside. The shutdown occurred on a stretch of the freeway between Elizabethtown and Louisville.

"We've been stuck since like 10:15 last night, and the snow has piled up so high that when we open the car door, it pushes the snow out of the way," said Sue Ellen Kilgallon, one of the drivers trapped on I-65, in an interview with The Weather Channel Thursday morning.

Larry Weas spent a cold night hunkered down in his car after getting caught in a logjam along Interstate 65 near his hometown of Elizabethtown, the Associated Press reported. To conserve fuel during his 11-hour ordeal, he kept his car turned off for long stretches of time and scooped snow into a bucket to have something to drink.

"This has been a lesson of survival," said the 54-year-old man, who is diabetic.

By Thursday evening, interstate routes in Kentucky were open again, state highway officials said.

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Some trapped drivers tweeted that they've been stuck on I-65 for as long as 12 hours. The Red Cross is heading to the scene to assist drivers, and two shelters have been set up along the roadway in Hardin County. The National Guard is currently working four missions along Kentucky highways, working to move stranded drivers to a safe zone, the state office confirmed to The Weather Channel.

Among those stranded on I-65 was Rev. Jesse Jackson, who tweeted a picture from his stranded car Thursday morning.

Motorists were also stranded on I-24 in western Kentucky, and the National Guard was assisting the stranded drivers there, as well. Midday Thursday, multiple stretches of I-65 and I-24 remained closed, and authorities were still working to reach all of the stranded drivers, citing large snow accumulations as a hindrance.

"Kentucky normally doesn't have 8 to 10 inches in such a short period of time," said Lt. Col. Kirk Hilbrecht of the Kentucky National Guard in an interview with The Weather Channel.

Louisville has reported more than a foot of snow from Thor, according to the National Weather Service. More photos of the mess are below.

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