News and Media: Disaster 4663

FEMA has approved more than $7 million in total Public Assistance funding to reimburse the Perry and Letcher County school systems for three disaster clean-up projects that resulted from the July 2022 floods.

In July 2022, Kentucky faced destructive straight-line winds, flooding and mudslides that impacted communities in Eastern Kentucky. Now, seven months later, survivors are working toward recovery.

As Eastern Kentuckians continue to recover from last year’s disastrous flooding, more than $158 million in low interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration and direct disaster assistance through FEMA have flowed into communities to help jumpstart the recovery process. Of that amount, FEMA has provided more than $101 million in direct awards to survivors.

FRANKFORT, Kentucky — Mientras los habitantes del este de Kentucky siguen recuperándose de las desastrosas inundaciones del año pasado, más de $159 millones en préstamos por desastres a bajo interés de la Agencia Federal de Pequeños Negocios (SBA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la asistencia directa por desastre a través de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) han llegado a las comunidades para ayudar a imp0ulsar el proceso de recuperación. De esa cantidad, FEMA ha proporcionado más de $101 millones en otorgamientos directos a los sobrevivientes.

Six months after disastrous floods swept through Eastern Kentucky leaving a path of devastation across 13 counties, FEMA, its federal partners and the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management (KYEM) are still hard at work collaborating to help Kentucky communities and survivors jump-start their recovery.