What You Should Do If Your Home or Business has been Flooded
Take precautions during and after floods to protect your health
and safety. - Avoid contact with floodwater when possible.
Floodwaters may contain raw sewage or other hazardous
substances. - Do not walk in moving water. Six inches of moving
water can knock a person over. - Do not allow children or pets
to wade in or play in floodwater. - Avoid driving through
flooded areas and surfing or boating in floodwaters. - Wash your
hands with soap and clean water before preparing or eating food,
after participating in cleanup activities, and after handling
articles contaminated by floodwater or sewage. - Do not expose
open cuts or wounds to floodwaters. Floodwaters can cause an
infection in an open wound. - Do not eat any food that has come
in contact with floodwater. - Thoroughly clean and dry your feet
and put on clean, dry socks every day. - If walking in
floodwaters is necessary, wear rubber boots and change clothing
that comes into contact with floodwat