Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides
Declared for Kentucky on May 19, 2008, covering 15 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
How this declaration unfolded
The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.
What a major disaster declaration is
A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Ballard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Crittenden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fleming County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fulton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hancock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hickman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hopkins County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lewis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Livingston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| McLean County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Nicholas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Ohio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Spencer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Woodford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from Kentucky: every FEMA declaration in Kentucky.