The storms that passed through Lake County this weekend brought
less than an inch of rain and had a negligible impact on our river levels. The
forecast calls for the potential of heavy rain, damaging winds and hail
overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning. The current forecast calls for a 60% to 70% chance of thunderstorms Wednesday night/Thursday morning bringing a
potential of 0.5” to 1” of rain.
Emergency Management and Stormwater Management will monitor
weather forecasts and the potential threat to Lake County and will provide
updates as necessary.
Fox River/Chain O'Lakes and Des Plaines River The Fox River (at New Munster gauge) is at minor flood stage. The Fox
Lake and Lower Fox River remain at major flood stage but levels are dropping. The Des Plaines River at all gauges is at minor
flood stage.
The Red Cross Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) processed 1015
clients Thursday through Saturday. The MARC is now closed. Residents needing
human services assistance should contact the Red Cross directly at
847-220-7495. The Salvation Army donation hotline is 1-888-369-1349.
For other flood information and assistance, contact the Lake County
EOC at 847-377-7100.
The deadline to submit Damage Assessment forms to LC EMA is noon
today. LC EMA will then compile all of the
information for submission to IEMA to meet a Wednesday deadline. EMA will be
reaching out to communities to coordinate.
Damage Assessment Forms: You can fill out IEMA damage
assessment forms to be submitted directly to the Lake County Emergency
Management Agency by email at room-43200@room.veoci.com.
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Click this link to download the IA Form for private
structures, such as houses or businesses: https://goo.gl/xmzQB1 (Instructions)
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Click this link to download the PA Form for public
costs, such as debris removal, damage to buildings and parks, etc.: https://goo.gl/MFCpU6
If you have questions filling out these forms, contact Lake County
Emergency Management at 847-377-7100.
The US Civil Air Patrol and Lake County have captured photography
of the flooded areas. Our 2017 Flood Event
Viewer now has photos over the Fox River, Lake County Stormwater
Management ground photos, and drone captures.
For additional resources such as inundation maps, IEMA resources,
and more, please visit the Public and Partner Dashboards in Veoci.
Public Dashboard in
Veoci
Partner Dashboard in
Veoci
National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP)
Once we have completed the initial damage assessment for submittal to IEMA
early this week, communities participating in the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) should begin shifting their resources into completing the
substantial damage assessments required by their local floodplain ordinances.
NFIP communities are required to enforce their local floodplain
ordinances which requires a permit review prior to any repairs associated with
damage structures.
An inspection must be made on all flood damaged structures. Any structures located within the FEMA
regulatory floodplain where the costs to repair flood damages equals or exceed
50% of the structure’s market value are considered “substantially damaged”. Any structures found to be substantially
damaged (or cumulatively substantially damaged by multiple flood events) must
be brought into compliance with the floodplain ordinance’s regulations (i.e.
elevated).
It is very important that residents be notified of this
requirement and that accurate damage determinations take place prior to the
repair and reconstruction of flood damaged structures.
Paul Osman from the IDNR
Office of Water Resources will be onsite on Wednesday to provide training on
the NFIP requirements, the inspection process, along with the FEMA Substantial
Damage Estimator program used to calculate substantial damage. Community floodplain managers and
inspectors should plan to attend. The training will be held Wednesday, July 26
at 1:30 PM at the Libertyville Village Hall.
As a reminder, EMA partners are encouraged to contact Lake County
Emergency Management at 847-377-7100 if you need assistance. We have the
following on-hand.
- Sandbags
- Clean-Up Kits
- Assistance to identify volunteers needed to help with
clean-up (*need advanced notice)
- Assistance with locating equipment for you.
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Partners can submit resource requests here.
We
created a form for the public to submit damages to their property so we know
how they have been impacted by the recent flooding. So far, we have received
nearly 2500 submissions. This information will be available to our
partners. Please share this link with others in your community: https://goo.gl/5bG3pU
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The Lake County Health Department
sent out a news release last week stating that a mosquito pool
sampled on July 14 in Zion tested positive for West Nile virus. The Health
Department is urging residents to follow the 4 D’s of Defense to help prevent
breeding and protect themselves from mosquito bites.
Please call the West Nile hotline
at 847-377-8300 to report areas of stagnant water, report locations of dead
birds, and learn the signs and symptoms of West Nile virus.
We created a flood web page, lakecountyil.gov/flood for
residents that we encourage you to share! The page features information about
assistance, news and other resources.
Center Street in Grayslake: LCDOT is on site at a partial pavement failure
at a large culvert on Center Street, just east of IL 83 in Grayslake. The heavy
flash flooding on July 12-13 in Grayslake undermined the culvert leading to a
partial collapse of the pavement. LCDOT is currently evaluating both short-term
and long-term repair strategies that will determine whether the roadway can
remain open to traffic. Please check Lake
County PASSAGE for road closures and
up-to-date traffic information.
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