6-9-10 —     Twenty-five (25) additional counties have been designated for Individual

Assistance and twenty-seven (27) for all categories of Public Assistance as

part of Kentucky's federal disaster declaration, according to officials from

the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    This announcement brings the total number of counties designated for

Individual Assistance to 42 with the addition of Allen, Anderson, Boyle,

Barren, Elliot, Fleming, Garrard, Green, Hart, Henry, Jackson, Jessamine,

Leslie, Montgomery, Magoffin, Menifee, Monroe, Nicholas, Nelson, Owen,

Pulaski, Powell, Simpson, Warren and Washington counties.

    Counties previously designated for Individual Assistance are: Adair,

Bath, Boyd, Carter, Casey, Franklin, Greenup, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan,

Madison, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Rockcastle, Rowan, and Woodford counties.

    Individual Assistance for homeowners and renters can include grants to

help pay for temporary housing, home repairs and other serious

disaster-related expenses not met by insurance or other assistance

programs.  Also low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business

Administration are available to cover residential and business losses not

fully compensated by insurance.

    The announcement also makes federal funding available to commonwealth

and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a

cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of

facilities damaged by the severe storms, flooding, mudslides and tornadoes

that began May 1, in the counties of Anderson, Boyd, Breckenridge, Butler,

Clinton, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Green, Greenup, Henderson, Hancock,

Hopkins, Jackson, Knott, Larue, Leslie, Magoffin, Mason, Ohio, Owen, Powell,

Pulaski, Russell, Taylor and Wayne counties.

    Counties previously designated for Public Assistance are Adair, Allen,

Barren, Bath, Boyle, Carter, Casey, Cumberland, Edmonson, Garrard, Grayson,

Jessamine, Hart, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Madison, Marion, Menifee, Metcalfe,

Monroe, Nelson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Simpson, Warren, Washington and Woodford.

This brings the total number of counties eligible for Public Assistance to

55 counties eligible including the 27 added last week.

    Under this cost-share program, FEMA usually funds 75 percent of the cost

for eligible work by commonwealth and local governments and certain private

non-profit organizations. Additional designations may be made at a later

date if requested by the commonwealth and warranted by the results of

further damage assessments.

    Disaster survivors are urged to register their damage, large or small,

for assistance by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585 for

the hearing or speech disabled. The telephone lines are staffed daily from 7

a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT until further notice. Help is available in all

languages. An application may be completed online at

www.disasterassitance.gov.

    If you or someone you know suffered loss or damage from this latest

disaster you are encouraged to document the damage, save any repair receipts

and notify your local emergency director.

    Additional counties, and their residents, may be designated for federal

disaster assistance at a later date if requested by the Commonwealth and

warranted by the results of further damage assessments.

    Additional information about this disaster is available at www.fema.gov

and www.kyem.ky.gov/currentdisasters.