CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Homeland Security Secretary Rob Cunningham says West Virginia’s request for federal disaster assistance in connection with the recent flooding is different than the initial immediate request from the State of Kentucky.

It had already been a harsh February across Kentucky and West Virginia. So when several inches of rain hit the region’s steep Appalachian slopes this weekend — areas saturated from repeated ...

More than 100 million Americans were under alerts Sunday for flooding, mudslides, snow and strong winds as dangerous winter weather left tens of thousands without power throughout the South and contributed to at least 10 deaths. There were nine reported storm-related fatalities in Kentucky and one in Georgia, officials said.