flood conditions

Hi, I recently bought a home in Watseka Illinois. My lovely home is in a FEMA floodplain. :vs_worry: Sugar Creek is 100 yards away and floods my home when we receive more than 6" or more of rain. Recently (12/30/15) my home was surrounded with 4 ft of water along with everyone in a square mile...

We have had two or three days solid of torrential rains in eastern NC to the point that serious flooding is possible (reminiscent of hurricane Floyd 12 years ago; we were devastated). I was just up in the attic and saw that I was leaking from around my flashing. And my roof is just weeks old.Now...