Biden Approves a Disaster Declaration for Kentucky Following Severe Weather
President Biden approved a disaster declaration for Kentucky on Sunday, making federal funds available to areas that were affected by the severe storms and tornadoes that tore through the state late last week.
Biden’s declaration clears the way for federal funding to be made available to people in Caldwell, Fulton, Graves, Hopkins, Marshall, Muhlenberg, Taylor and Warren counties. These funds can be administered through grants for temporary housing, home repairs and property loss.
The declaration came shortly after Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) formally requested that the federal government declare a “major disaster.” According to Beshear, more than 100 people are likely dead due to the storms and over a thousand homes may have been destroyed.
