Lawrence County affected by February flooding denied FEMA assistance

By Roberta Cantrell

BSN Editor

According to a press release issued on Wednesday, April 23, Governor Andy Beshear said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance and Individual Assistance for Lawrence affected by flooding in February has been denied.

In a letter to the Governor, FEMA wrote, “Based on the results of the joint Preliminary Damage Assessments, it has been determined that the impact to the individuals and households in Lawrence County, is not of the severity and magnitude to warrant their designation under the Individual 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,” Gov. Beshear said. “We are actively comparing the damage assessments, and we plan to appeal this decision.”