The maps are also used to set flood insurance rates. The first open house is for Monroe County, Illinois at 5:30 p.m. This is at The View at Eleven South in Columbia, Illinois. There are open ...

Flood maps are different from evacuation zones and show a property's risk for flooding at any time of the year, including as a result of heavy rain. These zones have nothing to do with hurricanes ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Three Illinois counties have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency because of new federal flood insurance maps, authorities say.

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs. The revised map ...

it could remove some of the Nassau properties added to the flood zone from the maps. Schumer's bill was introduced with Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois. Schumer said he was optimistic ...