Floods

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Resources for Your Flooded Home

Cleaning up after a flood takes special care. To help with your flood response and recovery, download MU Extension Publication MP904, Resources for Your Flooded Home. This guide covers a wide variety of flood topics, including: 

• Cleaning flood-damaged homes: A step-by-step guide to restoration
• Financial recovery and risk management
• Children need special attention
• Reentering your flooded home
• Cleaning and repairing flooded basements
• Salvaging water-damaged belongings
• Avoiding mold hazards in your flooded home
• Reducing bacteria in clothing and textiles

Flood Fighting With Sandbags

Eric Evans, community emergency management specialist, describes the safest, most effective way to fill and place sandbags for their maximum effectiveness and protection. Watch the video.

Web Sites

Browse these University of Missouri Web sites:

• MissouriFamilies: Coping With Disaster
• MissouriFamilies: Do You Need Renters' Insurance?

You may be interested in these external Web sites:

• American Red Cross
• Children and Disasters Issues (EDEN)
• Current Flood Map (NOAA)
• Current Weather Alerts (NOAA)
• Emergency Information in Spanish (North Carolina State University)
• eXtension Agrosecurity and Floods Resources
• Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
• Flood Information in International Sign Language (Texas Department of Public Safety)
• Flood Information, Response and Recovery (FEMA)
• Floods and Flooding Issues (EDEN)
• How to Protect Your Property (FEMA)
• Missouri Traveler Information Map (MoDOT)
• Mold Issues (EDEN)
• National Flood Insurance Program
• Natural Disaster Resources (Missouri Department of Natural Resources)
• NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (National Weather Service)
• NOAAWatch (NOAA)
• Planning for Emergencies (FEMA)
• Ready.gov (Homeland Security)
• Resources for Pet Owners (North Carolina State Animal Response Team)
• Situation Reports (SEMA)
• State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)
• StormReady Issues (EDEN)
• Turn Around, Don't Drown! (Flood Safety Education Project)

Publications

• AGW1011, Controlling Snakes after a Storm or Flood
• AGW1012, Controlling Rodents After a Flood
• AGW1013, Check, Disinfect Flooded Wells
• AGW1014, Flood Effects on Grain Crops
• EMW1017, Flood Fighting With Sandbags
• MP904, Resources for Your Flooded Home

You may be interested in these related publications:

• EC705, Our Valuable Papers
• EMW1001, Statewide Disaster Response/Recovery Contact List
• EMW1015, Sizing and Safety Tips for Standby Power Generators
• EMW1016, Generator Safety Concerns Video
• G4091, Corn and Soybean Replant Decisions
• G6722, Caring for Flooded Lawns
• WQ102, Bacteria in Drinking Water

You may be interested in these external publications:

• Protecting Livestock During a Flood, NDSU
• Maintaining Livestock Health After a Flood, NDSU
• Reclaiming Flooded Land with Tillage, KSU
• Managing Soil Compaction on Flooded Fields, KSU
• Weed Management After a Flood, NDSU
• Pesticide Storage Concerns During a Flood, NDSU
• Evacuating Safely , NCSU
• Sandbagging for Flood Protection, NDSU
• Protecting Structures with Sandbags, County of Sacramento
• Reduce Flooding from Drains, NDSU
• Drying Flood-Damaged Books and Family Papers, University of Minnesota Extension
• Flooding and Stored Grain, ISU
• Salvaging Stored Wet Feed and Grain, NDSU
• Salvaging Crops After Flooding, NDSU
• Tips for Handling Flooded Soils, NDSU
• Assessing Nitrogen Losses, ISU
• Visually Rating Nitrogen Sufficiency, ISU
• Post-Plant Nitrogen Applications on Corn, ISU
• Flooded Pesticides, NDSU
• Dealing with Disaster: Be Watchful of Con Artists, University of California Cooperative Extension
• Dealing with Disaster: Getting Your Home Repaired, University of California Cooperative Extension
• Assessing and Repairing Leaky Roofs, UWEX
• Disaster Food Schedule for Livestock, North Carolina State Animal Response Team
• Rescue Your Small Engine After a Flood, LSU
• Preparing a Three-Day Emergency Food Supply, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Food and Water Safety During an Emergency, USDA