WASHINGTON – FEMA has announced that the Commonwealth of Kentucky has been granted federal disaster assistance for response efforts in areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that began on April 2 and have since continued.
According to a FEMA press release, President Donald J. Trump’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate “all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate assistance to save lives, protect property, public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.”
According to FEMA, it has the authority to identify, mobilize, and distribute equipment and resources as needed to mitigate the effects of this emergency.
According to the agency, emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided through the public assistance program with 75% federal funding.
The assistance has been approved for all 120 Kentucky counties, according to the release.
Jeremy Slinker has been designated as the federal coordinating officer for federal response operations in the affected area.
