EKB News

In a news release Friday, Governor Steve Beshear announced twenty-two counties in Kentucky will be eligible for federal disaster funding, while four, Breathitt, Floyd, Owsley and Pike, will be eligible for individual assistance. From May 3rd. to May 20th., Kentucky was devastated by storms, tornadoes, flooding and mudslides. State officials say early damage estimates totaled more than $52 million.

The counties included are as follows:
Ballard
Breathitt
Carlisle
Clay
Crittenden
Floyd
Grayson
Hickman
Jackson
Knott
Lawrence
Lee
Leslie
Letcher
Madison
Magoffin
Marshall
Owsley
Perry
Pike
Russell
Trigg