Flood victims encouraged by disaster declaration

The garage of Adrianne Granger’s Hillside home is still speckled with a brownish-black mold that climbs three feet up its otherwise white walls. Her hot water heater, washing machine and wood flooring were destroyed in last month’s flash floods that drenched many western suburbs and parts of Chicago ‘s West Side

Some Fox Valley residents find insurance policies may not cover flooding to basements after storms

A record-setting rainfall Wednesday sent more than a few surprised homeowners scrambling to prevent basement flooding, and that shock was compounded when they found out Thursday many standard homeowners policies dont cover basement flooding caused by storms.