Governor Andy Beshear announced on Wednesday that FEMA has denied public assistance to two counties and individual assistance to six counties following the February flooding.
According to a governor’s office press release, FEMA has determined, based on assessment results, that the impact of flooding in Butler, Franklin, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, and Whitley counties “is not of the severity and magnitude to warrant their designation under the Individual Assistance Program.”
FEMA also determined that the impact on infrastructure in Simpson and Woodford counties is not significant enough to warrant a designation under the Public Assistance program.
“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,” the release said.
Beshear has requested a Major Disaster Declaration from President Donald Trump, but the state has yet to hear whether it has been approved, according to the press release.
