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Three Carlton Drive residents, on the far west end of town, appeared before City Council June 15, asking for help ending ...

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DETROIT – It’s been five decades of basement flooding, and a Michigan couple said their city didn’t even have records of the sewer line. A lifelong Detroit couple had been calling the city daily ...

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Less than 1% of Cook County residents have flood insurance. Intense storms, fueled in part by climate change, are expected to get worse in the coming decades. Heavy recent rainfall raises the question ...