Gov. Steve Beshear on Friday morning sent a request to Washington, D.C., to declare portions of Kentucky a federal disaster area. If granted, the declaration would help recover costs for public damage in 70 or so cities and counties in Kentucky where states of emergency have been declared.
“This declaration is necessary to clear the way for federal reimbursement for work done by the state and local governments across the Commonwealth to clean up and make repairs in the aftermath of this horrific storm,” Gov. Beshear said
Crittenden County is one of those counties where a state of emergency was declared in the wake of the high winds that created widespread damages and power outages.
