Extension Disaster Education Network: Floods
Information on protecting your property, clean-up and recovery, and more from eXtension.
Creating a Healthy Home: A Field Guide for Clean-up of Flooded Homes
By Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. and the National Center for Healthy Housing
“This guide is meant for do-it-yourselfers and contractors who need to clean up mold in flooded homes before starting to rebuild or renovate. This booklet tells how to clean up after flooding, but does not describe how to rebuild.”
Repairing Your Flooded Home
By the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
“This book gives step-by-step advice you can use to clean up, rebuild, and get help after a flood.”
Flood Cleanup: Avoiding Indoor Air Quality Problems
By the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation
“This fact sheet discusses problems caused by microbial growth, as well as other potential effects of flooding, on long-term indoor air quality and the steps you can take to lessen these effects. Although the information contained here emphasizes residential flood cleanup, it is also applicable to other types of buildings.”