disaster assistance

It comes as part of a federal disaster declaration. The centers will help victims with financial assistance for home repairs or other, uninsured losses.

The agency’s Disaster Needs Survey would help victims register for emergency shelters and other services. It will also collect information about other needs that are still unmet.

Disaster assistance for those affected by storms during Memorial Day weekend are available for victims in 15 Kentucky counties.

Both individuals and businesses residing in certain Kentucky counties qualify. That includes Boyd, Carter, Fayette, Greenup, Henry, Jefferson, Jessamine, Mason, Oldham, Union and Whitley.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening four Disaster Recovery Centers this week to help Kentuckians impacted by storms in early April.

Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency say regional flood recovery duties would continue if a potential government shutdown happens. That includes disaster recovery and mitigation efforts.

Disaster recovery centers opened Thursday in Madison and Lawrence counties for people affected by April storms in Kentucky.Specialists from the Federal…

Aid assistance in the wake of natural disasters comes in many forms. And as Kentucky Public Radio’s Tony McVeigh reports, sometimes it involves sending…