FRANKFORT, Ky. — The federal government will not be authorizing additional public or individual assistance in eight counties, including one in Eastern Kentucky, for damages due to February flooding.

Kentucky plans to file an appeal, after the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday it would not approve individual assistance for six additional counties and local government assistance for two more counties for damages from the Valentine’s weekend flood.

Gov. Andy Beshear said the state learned the information from FEMA on Wednesday. The news means that flood survivors in Lawrence, Butler, Franklin, Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties will not be receiving any assistance from FEMA. Local governments in Simpson and Woodford counties will also not receive any assistance with their costs in responding to the disaster.

“While we are grateful to have gotten an Expedited Major Disaster Declaration for the February flooding, which has authorized at least some level of public assistance for local governments in 68 counties and individual assistance for Kentuckians in 16 counties, we are disappointed to receive this latest news,” Gov. Beshear said. “We are actively comparing the damage assessments, and we plan to appeal this decision.”

The state is also waiting to learn if any counties will be approved for either individual or local government assistance for damages caused by tornadoes and flooding caused by a severe storm system that swept the state April 2.