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Floods

Flooding can affect many homes in Texas. When flooding occurs, it affects everyone for no other reason than the reality that management of flood risk and response to flood events consumes tax dollars. When your home, business or neighborhood experiences a flood, there are things you can do to minimize the damages, protect your health and well-being, restore your property and protect it from future damage.

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1. All Disaster Recovery Resources on Texas EDEN
2. Dry Out Before Rebuilding
   Texas AgriLife Extension Service
3. Cleaning Flood Damaged Homes    [ en espanol ]
   Texas AgriLife Extension Service
4. Managing Fire Ants after a Flood
   Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and Management Project
5. After a Flood: The First Steps
   http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/aftrfld.shtm
6. Coping with Floods
   North Dakota State University Extension Service
   www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/flood/
7. Coping with a Flood Before, During and After
   Federal Emergency Management Agency
   http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/index.shtm
8. Emergency Food and Water Supplies
9. Floods and Flash Floods
   Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages
   http://www.redcross.org/disaster/disasterguide/
10. Flood and Flash Flood Information
    American Red Cross
    http://www.redcross.org/images/pdfs/code/floods.pdf
11. Flood Information for the Deaf
    Governor's Division of Emergency Management
    
12. Flood Resources
    eExtension EDEN
13. Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems: Responding to Electrical Power Outages and Floods
14. National Flood Insurance Program
    www.floodsmart.gov
15. Preventing Flood Damage - Existing Home
    LSU Agcenter
16. Repairing Your Flood Damaged Home
    American Red Cross
17. Safe Handling of Food After a Flood
    University of Maine Cooperative Extension
    http://www.umext.maine.edu/emergency/9005.htm
18. Safety Precautions with Snakes Following a Flood
    University of Illinois Extension Disaster Resources
    
19. Storm and Flood Recovery Information
    University of Missouri Extension