Flood damage entitlement

[Frank Lodge]

Hi BP members:

      I was wondering if anyone in Chicago has had this experience. About a month ago we had some heavy rains in the west Chicago area. As a result there was some seepage in the basement of my rental house and now the tenant is claiming $3,000.00 worth of damages. In the rent lease under the section headed basement it states that the basement should not be used as a bedroom and that its susceptible to seepage in heavy rains so that anything stored in the basement should be elevated. These tenants moved in about 3 months ago and now this. We had discussed this when they inspected the house.  Many of the houses in the area had inches of flooding in the basement. Are they entitled to recovery ?.