If you had flooding during severe storms this summer and did not share details with emergency management leaders, you have another chance.
Chicago, Cook County and the state are asking for more information about damage from storms on July 25-28 and August 16-19 as the state appeals for federal disaster aid that President Trump denied last week.
Manager of Emergency Management Services Kaila Lariviere says they’ll knock on doors next week on the south and southwest side to ask residents about what high winds and 2 to 4 inches of rain per hour left behind.
“Have they been able to replace any utilities or lost items? Keepsakes, things like that. Have they not been able to do anything because they don’t have the means to do it. Or maybe they weren’t able to report to us the first time or left something out.”
The state estimates 100 thousand households had flood damage in 7 counties.
Those are Cook, Will, Kane, Boone, McHenry, Jersey and Calhoun counties.
Greg Nimmo, recovery division chief for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, says they estimate the damage at 90 million dollars just for the 13 thousand properties they toured shortly after the storms.
The agencies are looking for new information to add to their appeal.
After the Trump administration made changes to disaster aid earlier this year, Nimmo says the state put together its largest and most efficient request only to have the president deny it without an explanation.
If you have information not previously shared, you can send in photos and copies of receipts online through a self-assessment survey on the IEMA’s website.
