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
• MO Dept. of Health and Senior Services Flood Information
• Pesticide storage concerns during a flood (NDSU)

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)
• Reduce flooding from drains (NDSU)

Response and recovery

Health
- WQ102 Bacteria in Drinking Water
       - section: shock chlorination process (for wells)
- 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
- Avoiding mold hazards in your flooded home
   (LSU Ag Center)
- 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
- Drying flood-damaged books and family papers
   (University of Minnesota Extension)

- Caring for flooded lawns
- Flooded garden produce

Agriculture
- Wet hay requires careful mnoitoring
- Save flood-damaged grain (Iowa State University Extension)
- Salvaging stored wet feed and grain (NDSU)
- Salvaging crops after flooding (NDSU)
- Flooded pesticides  (NDSU)
- Maintaining livestock health after a flood (NDSU)
- Water requirements and safety for cattle following a disaster (PDF) (LSU Ag Center)
- Protecting livestock during a flood (NDSU)
- Weed management after a flood (NDSU)
- Tips for handling flooded soils (NDSU)
- Reclaiming flooded land with tillage  (KSU)
- Managing soil compaction on flooded fields PDF (KSU)
- Emergency wind erosion control on flood affected land PDF (KSU)

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

See also: general disaster recovery information

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

Updated 03/27/08