Kentucky Gov. Beshear requests emergency disaster declaration due to flooding
Updated: 11:51 PM EST Feb 15, 2025
FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS WINTER WEATHER HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE NIGHT. OF COURSE, THE STORM SYSTEM WE’RE FACING ALREADY CAUSING SERIOUS FLOODING IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THIS IS A LOOK AT JUST SOME OF THE FOOTAGE CAPTURED ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS TODAY. TAKE A LOOK HERE. YOU SEE, THE ENTIRE STATE HAS BEEN UNDER A FLOOD WATCH. GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR ALREADY DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF THOSE STORMS. NOW FURTHER SOUTH, SOME PARTS OF TENNESSEE FACING LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. TONIGHT. THESE PHOTOS SHOWING FLOODING THAT FLOODING AND FLOODING STREETS THERE IN CLARKSVILLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT CAR HERE JUST COMPLETELY UNDERWATER. THIS IS IN COTTONWOOD. SOME ROADS NO LONGER DRIVABLE AS WATERS RISE. AND TO MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE, DAMAGING WINDS ARE STRIKING THE STATE. SOME COMMUNITIES I
Kentucky Gov. Beshear requests emergency disaster declaration due to flooding
Updated: 11:51 PM EST Feb 15, 2025
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has requested an emergency disaster declaration for the state due to the severe weather and impacts across our state. Beshear says the declaration would make federal funding available to affected areas, to help officials better respond and support those affected. “I have also spoken directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and the acting director of FEMA,” Beshear said in a post to X.The update comes after Beshear declared a state of emergency Friday ahead of the anticipated storms.Ohio Task Force 1 has been activated as a Type III team in response to heavy flooding in Kentucky and surrounding states.Officials report water is still rising in some areas and roadways across the Bluegrass state are experiencing severe flooding due to the heavy rainfall passing through the region.Water rescues have already been underway across the state.Beshear has posted that they have opened Jenny Wiley State Resort Park for evacuees that need it.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has requested an emergency disaster declaration for the state due to the severe weather and impacts across our state.
Beshear says the declaration would make federal funding available to affected areas, to help officials better respond and support those affected.
“I have also spoken directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and the acting director of FEMA,” Beshear said in a post to X.
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I have written to @potus requesting an emergency disaster declaration for Kentucky due to the severe weather and impacts across our state. The declaration would make federal funding available to affected areas, helping us better respond and support Kentuckians affected. (1/2)
— Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) February 16, 2025
The update comes after Beshear declared a state of emergency Friday ahead of the anticipated storms.
Ohio Task Force 1 has been activated as a Type III team in response to heavy flooding in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Officials report water is still rising in some areas and roadways across the Bluegrass state are experiencing severe flooding due to the heavy rainfall passing through the region.
Water rescues have already been underway across the state.
Beshear has posted that they have opened Jenny Wiley State Resort Park for evacuees that need it.
