Kentucky’s death toll from last weekend’s tornadoes stands at 78, but the good news is the number of unaccounted for Kentuckians is down to zero.
Governor Andy Beshear said during a briefing Saturday that Kentucky Emergency Management has the death toll at 75 as officials in Hopkins County are working to nail down exactly how many people were killed there and different agencies have different numbers.
He says the very best news is that there are no Kentuckians reported missing at this time from the storms.
Governor Beshear announced the state is adding 10 percent on top of the individual assistance for housing provided by FEMA to qualifying storm survivors who were uninsured.
Kentucky State Parks are providing housing and food services for 636 displaced Kentuckians and 188 first responders.
Individuals who became unemployed or those who are self-employed and had work interrupted in 14 Kentucky counties as a direct result of the severe weather are eligible to apply for disaster unemployment assistance benefits through the Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance. Those counties include: Caldwell, Christian, Fulton, Graves, Hart, Hickman, Hopkins, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Taylor and Warren.
Additional information is available at kcc.ky.gov.