Cook Co., FEMA state door-to-door to help flood victims
CHICAGO -- Every round of heavy rain is a reminder for the residents still cleaning up after last month's floods.The Federal Emergency Management Agency joined Cook County and state crews going door to door in Calumet City on Friday to collect information for their September damage assessment.CBS 2's Sara Machi was there.
They had blocked off some of the main streets so people were trying to figure out how to get in and out of these blocks. It was difficult.'So many of her neighbors watched as water came into their homes.'People kept riding through it with the big trucks and every time they would ride through it it would cause a wave, and it would come up more.'Hill had water in the crawl space under her home, in her garage, and her home. She photographed both the immediate and long-term damage.
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