Gov. Andy Beshear said recovery efforts for recent floods will cost "hundreds of millions." FEMA head Kristi Noem got an up-close look at damage.
Kentucky Republicans echo President Donald Trump's criticism of FEMA after flooding sweeps the state, but the complaints are not new.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has been a fierce defender of the beleaguered agency that the president wants to eliminate.
Governor Andy Beshear says President Donald Trump has approved federal assistance to communities in Kentucky impacted by recent flooding.
This was a point of interest during Governor Beshear’s Team Kentucky press conference Monday morning. The governor was pushing the president to sign off on an expedited emergency disaster declaration in order for FEMA to get involved in recovery efforts.
FRANKFORT Criticism of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is nothing new in Kentucky which in less than three years has been hit by an EF-4 tornado and now a third
Donald Trump threatened to make California beg for FEMA help. No such groveling is necessary with the flooding in the MAGA Ohio Valley.
Governor Andy Beshar confirms at least 8 people have died, including one child due to flooding in Kentucky this weekend. Most of the deaths were caused because of attempts to drive through water. Officials remind you that it takes only six inches of rushing water to sweep someone off their feet and 12-inches to sweep away a car.
President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency for Kentucky on Sunday afternoon, allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist with relief efforts.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened its third disaster recovery center in eastern Kentucky to help flood victims.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, along with the head of FEMA and the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, spent time in parts of the hardest hit area’s of the state.