Floods-Health Hazards

Floods can affect a single room or an entire community. It will help to have some supplies in place before one affects you. Even just a a Flooded basement can be a hazard to your family in several ways. Find some helpful tips here.
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Floods-Health Hazards

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What You Need to Know About Health Hazards After a Flood
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-health-hazards-after-a-flood/

A flood is a disaster that just keeps coming back to haunt areas affected by it. As the waters recede, it doesn’t mean that the risk of illness is over. After a flood, clean-up itself can be fraught with hazards.

(SNIP) ... As if the loss of life and property isn’t enough, there other many hazards that arrive with flooding and persist long after the initial rise in water levels.

There are several diseases and myriad other health concerns that go hand in hand with freshwater flooding, and no matter where you live there are risks that can cost you your life that have nothing to do with drowning. ---CONTINUED---
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