Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Declared for Kentucky on May 9, 2023, covering 22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Breathitt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Caldwell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Carter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Elliott County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Floyd County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Harlan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hart County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Johnson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Knott County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lawrence County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Leslie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Letcher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Magoffin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Morgan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Owsley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Perry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Powell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Whitley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wolfe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
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