Categories: Kentucky News

8 Kentucky counties denied FEMA assistance after floods

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — Eight Kentucky counties affected by the flooding in February were denied FEMA assistance.

On Wednesday, Gov. Andy Beshear said Butler, Franklin, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, and Whitley counties were denied individual assistance.

LATEST KENTUCKY NEWS:

Public assistance was also denied for infrastructure damage in Simpson and Woodford counties.

FEMA said the denials were because the damages were not severe enough.

The governor called the decision disappointing and said the state plans to appeal.

“While we are grateful to have gotten an Expedited Major Disaster Declaration for the February flooding, which has authorized at least some level of public assistance for local governments in 68 counties and individual assistance for Kentuckians in 16 counties, we are disappointed to receive this latest news,” Beshear said. “We are actively comparing the damage assessments, and we plan to appeal this decision.”

LATEST KENTUCKY LISTS AND RANKINGS:

He’ll provide an update on Thursday about both the February and April flood responses.

To learn more about FEMA’s Public Assistance program, click here. For more about FEMA’s Individual Assistance program, click here.

rssfeeds-admin

Share
Published by
rssfeeds-admin

Recent Posts

Self-Hosted WYSIWYG Editor in Vanilla JS – Neiki Editor

Neiki Editor is a vanilla JavaScript rich text editor that turns a textarea into a…

2 minutes ago

Vanilla Calendar JS Library for Date Picking, Scheduling, and Timelines

CalendarJS is a feature-rich JavaScript calendar library that allows you to create calendars, date pickers,…

2 minutes ago

Lawmakers hear concerns over data center expansion in Michigan

LANSING, MI (WOWO) A Michigan township official is urging communities to update zoning policies as…

32 minutes ago

Critical Vulnerability In Flowise Allows Remote Command Execution Via MCP Adapters

A critical vulnerability in Flowise and multiple AI frameworks has been discovered by OX Security,…

32 minutes ago

Vercel Confirms Data Breach — Hackers Claim Access to Internal Systems

Vercel has disclosed a significant security incident after threat actors gained unauthorized access to internal…

32 minutes ago

New toll road plan links rate hikes to stadium-related funding

HAMMOND, IND. (WOWO) Indiana officials have approved a lease amendment that will allow more frequent…

42 minutes ago

This website uses cookies.