Death toll from KY winter storm increases to 16, Gov. Andy Beshear says

Christopher Leach, Lexington Herald-Leader on Feb 2, 2026

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday another death has been reported in connection with the ongoing winter storm in Kentucky, raising the toll to 16.

The latest death was a 75-year-old woman in Adair County. No information about the woman or her cause of death was provided.

Along with Adair, other deaths have been reported in Ballard, Daviess, Fayette, Graves, Hart, Morgan, Jefferson, Johnson, Livingston, Owen, Pulaski and Whitley counties.

“Let’s keep these families in our prayers and let them know we’re here for them,” Beshear said in a post on X.

Victims of the winter weather have died from hypothermia, falling on ice, heart attacks while shoveling snow and being trapped inside house fires. The victim from Fayette County, 32-year-old Jordyn Daws, was found dead in the front yard of a home on Wargrave Walk, and from hypothermia due to environmental exposure.