Recent flooding continues to widely impact communities in the state.
Info from IEMA, Illinois State Police and the Governor's office in a separate post.
- Red Cross Hotline 1-800 Red-Cross
- River Watch - Water Observation
- Local EMA & Red Cross Contacts
- Ready Illinois
Flooding Assistance Process
Be sure to document the damage caused by flooding and take the following steps:
- Contact your homeowner's insurance to determine what if any flood damage is covered.
- Contact the local emergency management agency for your community, typically that agency is within county government. Here is a link to some of the local agencies: http://www.state.il.us/iema/disaster/pdf/lepctier2mailingaddresses.pdf
- Contact Red Cross for flood clean up kits. Here is a list of Red Cross sites:
- Adams County Chapter (Quincy)
- American Red Cross of Greater Chicago
- American Red Cross of the Heartland (Bloomington)
- American Red Cross of the Quad Cities Area (Moline)
- Central Illinois Chapter (Peoria)
- DeKalb County Chapter
- Illinois Capital Area Chapter (Springfield)
- Kankakee County Chapter
- Mid-Illinois Chapter (Decatur)
- Northwest Illinois Chapter (Freeport)
- Rock River Chapter (Rockford)
- Southwestern Illinois Chapter (Alton)
- Western Illinois Chapter (Galesburg)
Brochure by State of Illinois for local government's on the process of obtaining funding assistance for residents: http://www.illinois.gov/ready/SiteCollectionDocuments/DisasterDeclarationProcess.pdf
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