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November 12, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- If you live in a flood plain, you are highly vulnerable to flood damage and to experiencing more than one flood. But even if you don't live in a flood plain, you still have a...
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November 10, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Federal and state officials have three messages they wish to deliver urgently to anyone with losses caused by September's flooding and storms in the eight counties eligible for...
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November 5, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has obligated more than $9.2 million to help Illinois pay some of the costs incurred as a result of flooding on the Mississippi River...
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November 3, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill.?-- An Illinois Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will transition to a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) next week. The DRC will close Friday,...
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November 1, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The state of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will open a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to serve residents and...
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October 31, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Residents of Woodford County, Ill., are now eligible to apply for federal assistance to help with their uninsured losses as a result of September's flooding and storms.
Officials...
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October 31, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Families, individuals and businesses in Illinois affected by mid-September's severe storms and flooding have been approved to receive more than $29.3 million in federal disaster...
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October 30, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that it has obligated $2.5 million to help repair last summer's flood damage to the nation's most popular inland...
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October 29, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The recent flooding in northeastern Illinois affected thousands of businesses. With this fresh reminder of natural disaster risk in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (...
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October 28, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. -- For many northeastern Illinois families that were affected by floods last month, the worst damage was caused by water in the basement. That makes this a good time to talk about all...
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