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Beshear said the governor’s office and the legislature are committed to helping the region recover.
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School is on hold in eastern Ky. as educators, students and families pick up the pieces of their lives.
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FEMA has opened seven disaster recovery centers in the flood-ravaged areas of eastern Kentucky.
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The Mountain Eagle publisher and editor Ben Gish says it's been “exhausting and emotional” reporting on the devastating eastern Ky. floods.
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The stabilization phase includes helping residents find temporary housing, repairing infrastructure and securing FEMA funds.
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As eastern Kentucky remains under a flood watch, residents are slowly picking up the pieces after historic flash flooding.
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Gov. Beshear said more than 6,000 people remain without water service, and thousands more are under a boil-water advisory.
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With the immediate aftermath of destructive floods on one side of the state and the ongoing recovery from tornadoes on the other side, politicians and people throughout the Fancy Farm picnic emphasized the importance of Kentuckians coming together to help neighbors and strangers alike when disasters strike.
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Biden praised the emergency response, including FEMA, which currently has more than 700 federal emergency officials on the ground in the region trying to help people displaced by the flood.
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Luke Glaser, city commissioner in Hazard, says eastern Kentucky is frontpage news right now and that’s attracting volunteers. When that attention moves on, he worries the help will too.