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Kentucky Severe Storms Situation Report
Crisis Criteria
Updated on: 2/6/2009 1:10:19 PM
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Wednesday, January 28 declared a State of Emergency for the entire Commonwealth and requested an emergency disaster declaration from the federal government to expedite assistance to people in need across Kentucky. Late Wednesday, January 28 President Barack Obama signed requests from Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe for federal emergency declarations.
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Wednesday, January 28 declared a State of Emergency for the entire Commonwealth and requested an emergency disaster declaration from the federal government to expedite assistance to people in need across Kentucky. Late Wednesday, January 28 President Barack Obama signed requests from Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe for federal emergency declarations.
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Kentucky to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm and flooding beginning on January 26, 2009, and continuing.
Gov. Beshear has also asked the President for the National Guard to be placed on federal status.
Hospital Status
Updated on: 2/6/2009 1:17:39 PM
All hospitals are on the power grid; 7 (-15) nursing homes are on generator power.
3 hospitals are at capacity, five are near capacity, and two have some beds
Shelter Openings
Updated on: 2/6/2009 1:16:58 PM
Shelter numbers continue to decrease at a substantial rate. As of February 5, American Red Cross reports that 25 shelters housing 871 shelterees are open in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The daily FEMA report for February 6th stated there were 155 shelters, with 4,638 occupants, as of 3pm on February 4th.
Arkansas and Missouri also have significant numbers remaining in shelters. American Red Cross reports 12 shelters with 460 shelterees in Arkansas, and 4 shelters with 174 shelterees in Missouri.
Distributor Status
Updated on: 2/10/2009 4:50:46 PM
Facts
Updated on: 2/6/2009 1:14:44 PM
93 counties and 71 cities are affected by the disaster declarations. The storm is believed to be the worst natural disaster in modern Kentucky history.
There have been 28 confirmed deaths linked to the effects of the storm in Kentucky, as reported by the Kentucky EOC. In addition, Gov. Beshear estimates that state and local government storm-related expenditures already have exceeded $45,380,343.10 and are expected to go higher as state and local governments tally their costs.
Government Status
Updated on: 2/6/2009 1:12:47 PM
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Kentucky to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm and flooding beginning on January 26, 2009, and continuing.
Acting FEMA Administrator Nancy Ward said federal funding is available to commonwealth and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis in Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bracken, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carlisle, Carroll, Carter, Christian, Clark, Clay, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hardin, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Larue, Lawrence, Lee, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Mason, McCracken, McLean, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Metcalfe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Pendleton, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Washington, Webster, and Woodford counties for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance.
Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for all counties within the commonwealth.
Kim R. Kadesch has been named the federal coordinating officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. Kadesch said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
Governor Beshear has deployed 4,600 Guardsmen into service, making this the largest call-up in Kentucky history.
"With the length of this disaster and what we're expecting to be a multi-day process here, we're concerned about the lives and the safety of our people in their own homes," Beshear said, "and we need the manpower in some of the rural areas to go door-to-door and do a door-to-door canvass ... and make sure they're OK."
Four thousand Kentucky National Guard troops remain on duty, removing debris and running communications sites in addition to delivering essential supplies. Most of the effort is in Western Kentucky where dozens of communities remain without power.
Gov. Beshear has also requested Hazard Mitigation for the entire state. The commonwealth of Kentucky has an enhanced State Mitigation Plan, which was approved on June 16, 2008.
FEMA R6 indicated priority is generators and commodities. They are also monitoring shelter operations and PDA’s have begun.
Fuel Issues
Updated on: 2/3/2009 9:25:06 AM
DOE is monitoring fuel shortages and tracking shipments.
Pharmacy Status
Updated on: 2/3/2009 8:43:33 AM
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Other
Updated on: 2/3/2009 8:38:13 AM
Transportation
Updated on: 2/5/2009 9:15:47 AM
511 Kentucky indicates that road conditions have become significantly less treacherous as of February 1, and Transportation Secretary Joe Prather have pledged that Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews will remain on the job as long as it takes.
Please check Kentucky 511 for up-to-date information regarding road conditions.
Energy
Updated on: 2/5/2009 5:37:06 PM
As of Wednesday evening, February 4, the U.S. Department of Energy reports that an estimated 278,281 customers remain without power in the U.S. Midwest, with 167,106 of those customers residing in Kentucky. The remaining outages are expected to last for “a couple more weeks."
This new number is down from an earlier 700,000 customers without power, which made this storm the largest power outage in the state's history, surpassing the 600,000 outages wrought by Hurricane Ike six months ago.
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