Gov. Beshear gives update on Kentucky's transition from response to recovery regarding week of severe weather "This is particularly true if Russia assesses that the US cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a war with Russia."

The death toll from severe flooding and weather across Kentucky has risen. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday another person has died, bringing the death toll to 22. The most recent victim was a man in Marshall County who died from hypothermia.

Gov. Andy Beshear and Eric Gibson, director of Kentucky Emergency Management, are holding a news conference Monday morning to give an update on the flooding and severe weather aftermath that has taken the lives of 21 people.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, in separate announcements late Friday and late Saturday, said the death toll from the recent flooding and severe cold has again increased. Now, 21 Kentuckians have died, Beshear said in posts on X,