Kentucky Flooding

Flooding is Kentucky's most frequent and costly natural disaster. Yet, only about 1% of the state's property owners have flood insurance. As Kentuckians begin cleaning up and rebuilding from April's deadly floods, many of them say the cost of flood insurance is out of reach as experts say major flood events are becoming more common.

Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released Thursday by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists.

Louisville residents can request curbside debris pickup following an intense mix of severe storms and flooding.

The Trump administration is rescinding more than $9 million in infrastructure funding for local governments across the Commonwealth.

The state tapped AshBritt to clean up eastern Kentucky in 2022. Allegations of misconduct followed. Now, they’ll help clean up Louisville.

Cleanup efforts are underway in Louisville and across Kentucky following immense flooding and severe weather.

After officials called off Thunder Over Louisville due to flooding, local businesses made new plans to keep some elements of the multimillion-dollar event going.

Kentuckians are assessing the damage from last week’s severe weather, which killed 22 people. Now they’ll have federal help after President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly teased eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Now, after severe storms, Kentucky officials hope he will approve FEMA aid for citizens with flooded homes.

County governments around Kentucky are urging residents to report any damages from extreme weather and flooding.