It will likely be another year before an Eastern Kentucky school devastated by flooding can reopen, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Perry County school administrators told parents the K through 12 Buckhorn School is slated to reopen next August.

Widespread flooding in July of last year destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and caused dozens of deaths.

Since then, some students have been riding a bus for an hour.

One way to Abby Combs Elementary School.

More than 300 students attended the Buckhorn School prior to the flooding.

Kentucky cities impacted by disaster have a new resource, and it comes out of hard earned experience.

The Kentucky League of Cities has released the Disaster Preparedness and Response Handbook.

The organization said it's a guide for navigating the often complex disaster response process.

Mayfield Mayor Kathy Onan, who led her city after tornado devastated it in 2021, served on the committee that developed the handbook.

She believes one of the most beneficial parts of the handbook is a checklist of what city leaders need to do within the first 72 hours of a disaster.

That that's that's going to be very beneficial if towns and counties are hit with this, because there are things that happen to have to happen in each of those intervals.

And this being so big in Mayfield, there were things it truly took an organization.

You know, straight line winds come through and it knocks down a building or greatly damages just one little section.

This this tells you exactly what to do.

Are God's you through caring for your people who are who are immediately need help.

It guide you to what to do with certain types of debris that have to be separated from other types of debris.

Different types of things that just don't come up normally in every day.

Singular disaster.

You know.

It doesn't go through every scenario because nothing can.

But you've got this document in your hands that is a great reference for as many things as they can that we could think of to possibly put in it.

The handbook is available online and is free to cities and counties.

Now, tomorrow, you'll hear more from Mayor O'Nan as she gives us a progress report and talks about the biggest challenge she faced leading her city after the 2021 tornado.