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In 2011, within Sedgemoor District, there were 5,400 properties in significant flood risk areas, 11% of the total.Furthermore, almost 900 of these high-risk properties had been built since 2011, a rate of development nearly three times higher than lower-risk areas of the Levels.
Mascoutah and Belleville fire departments are on the scene of an area near Illinois Route 158 and Keck Road for a water rescue, according to the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency. 11:46 ...
The state police fire marshal was called in to determine the cause of the fire. This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Somerset police officers save trapped woman in house fire ...
Eastern has declared a flood disaster for the city. Fire Chief Jason Blackmon said firefighters have rescued 50 people since getting the first call for help at 3:30 a.m. ... Illinois State Police ...
The same day two levees broke near the town of Keithsburg, Illinois, flooding the entire town. [2] On the morning of June 15, a levee along the Mississippi River in the town of Gulfport failed, flooding most of the town. Two more levees were breached by flood waters in western Illinois on June 18.
The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is the Illinois state government office that oversees local firefighting activities within Illinois. Local Illinois fire departments are autonomous, and the OSFM provides backup services to these local forces and coordinates their activities. The OSFM operates a public outreach arm to ...
Flooding from a heavy rainstorm Tuesday in southwest Illinois damaged houses and cars, closed roads, forced the evacuation of a nursing home and eroded part of a levee, according to community leaders.
Unlike the Great Flood of 1993, which affected this same region, the majority of homes and businesses in Valley Park were protected from the flooding by a new levee built in 2005. [10] In Kentucky, the flooding resulted in scattered road closures and flooded basements. In Covington, city crews used sump pumps to keep high water off the streets ...