Gov. Andy Beshear said recovery efforts for recent floods will cost "hundreds of millions." FEMA head Kristi Noem got an up-close look at damage.

Kentucky Republicans echo President Donald Trump's criticism of FEMA after flooding sweeps the state, but the complaints are not new.

New Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem addressed the needs of impacted Kentuckians and potential future cuts within FEMA.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has been a fierce defender of the beleaguered agency that the president wants to eliminate.

As cleanup efforts continue across eastern Kentucky, officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are assessing damage in Pike County.

"We deeply care about the needs of this community and we are going to partner with you in every way possible to ensure that this community can recover as swiftly as possible."

Governor Andy Beshear says President Donald Trump has approved federal assistance to communities in Kentucky impacted by recent flooding.

This was a point of interest during Governor Beshear’s Team Kentucky press conference Monday morning. The governor was pushing the president to sign off on an expedited emergency disaster declaration in order for FEMA to get involved in recovery efforts.

FRANKFORT Criticism of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is nothing new in Kentucky which in less than three years has been hit by an EF-4 tornado and now a third

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened its third disaster recovery center in eastern Kentucky to help flood victims.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, along with the head of FEMA and the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, spent time in parts of the hardest hit area’s of the state.

Pike County Judge-Executive Ray Jones said the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s tour of flood-stricken eastern Kentucky Tuesday will include a visit to his county.