Links

Floods and flash floods

Statewide disaster response/recovery contact list
  (updated 5/11/07)

Current information

• MU Extension news release: Disaster plans critical for flood plain residents
• Current flood map (NOAA)
• Current weather alerts (NOAA)
• MO SEMA situation reports
• DNR flood response page

Preparation and education

• Guide to preparing a disaster supplies kit (PDF)
• Family disaster plan template (Word doc)
• Flood and flash flood (American Red Cross)
• Turn around, don't drown! Never drive through high water
   (Flood Safety Education Project www.floodsafety.com)
• FEMA flood page
• FEMA: How to protect your property
• National flood insurance program
• Evacuating safely (NC Coop Extension)
• Sandbagging for Flood Protection (NDSU)
• Protecting structures with sandbags
  (Sacramento County Dept of Water Resources)

Response and recovery

Health
- Preventing water-borne diseases
- Safe drinking water
- Cleaning kitchen utensils
- Food safety after a flood
- Tips for safe meal preparation
- Refrigerator/freezer safety

Home safety, salvage and repair
- Re-entering your flooded home
   (Center for Disease Control)
- Flooded homes may have booby traps
   (NDSU Extension)
- Disinfecting a contaminated well
- Electrical systems & appliances  (PDF)
    (Univ of Wisconsin Extension)
- Cleaning  flood-damaged homes
- Cleaning flood-damaged walls
- Cleaning mold from a flooded home
   (Texas Dept of Health)
- Cleaning and repairing flooded basements 
    (NDSU Extension)
- Flood Facts -- How to make temporary structural
   repairs  (NDSU Extension)
- Cleaning flood-soaked bedding
- Care of flood-damaged upholstered furniture

- Caring for flooded lawns
- Flooded garden produce

Farm safety
- Wet hay requires special care

Pests
Controlling snakes after a storm or flood
Controlling rodents after a flood

Miscellaneous assistance

Personal emergency  preparedness

 Disaster recovery

   Specific risks:
   Floods
   Storms and tornadoes
   Drought

   ¿Cómo prepararse para
   emergencias? - Información
   en español. (NC Coop Extension)

Additional Resources:

• Missouri State Emergency Management Agency
• National Weather Service (NOAA)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Homeland Security (READY.GOV)
• American Red Cross

See also: general disaster recovery information

Eric Evans,  evanses@missouri.edu
Emergency Management Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
Fire and Rescue Training Institute

Updated 06/04/07

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