FEMA is denying federal individual assistance to those hit by May’s tornadoes in Christian and Todd counties. That’s according to a letter from the agency to Gov. Andy Beshear.
Beshear said in a press release Wednesday that he would appeal the decision. FEMA is currently offering assistance in six southern Kentucky counties affected by tornadoes.
FEMA is also denying public assistance, which goes to local governments instead of citizens, in Leslie County.
The agency also denied requests for its Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Program for both May’s tornadoes and April’s floods in central Kentucky. That program would fund long-term projects that would help lessen the impact of future disasters.
The agency ended its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program last spring, which also helped fund disaster mitigation projects at the local level.
