Flooded house picture: ©Fox

Flooded house owner is rescued from their flooded house roof by others with motorboat. The pictures are very unique and rarely. What do you think?

Look at the roof of flooded house. How it could be happen?

Flooded house picture by: Dave Knoer (American Red Cross)

Flooded house picture by: Carolyn Kaster (AP)

United States Coast Guard surveys the flooded house of Dick Huntley on Pfiffer Drive in Hickson, N.D. The guard called for rescue when the Red River floodwaters broke through his sandbags and flooded his house.

Flooded house picture: © Philip Gould (Corbis)

The couple take a small boat up to the exterior of their flooded house. Their house is under about three feet of water due to flooding on the Trinity River, Texas, USA.

Samuel and Mariyamma standing outside the gate of their flooded house.

Flood struck the city of Machimeatnam, India. Some houses were completely washed away by the flood waters, a huge loss to people who live on a few dollars per day, like Samuel and Mariyamma.

Villagers remove belongings through the roof of a flooded house in Vietnam.

Hoi An Mayor, Le Van Giang, said about 300 houses in his city were flooded in about three feet of water.

Flooded house pictures by: AP

Floodwaters affect a flooded house three ways:
First,
Silt, mud, and unknown contaminants in the water not only get everything dirty, they also create a health hazard.
Second,
Dampness promotes the growth of mildew, a mold or fungus that can grow on everything in the flooded house.
Third,
The water damages materials. Wood can swell, warp, or rot if it remains wet too long, wallboard will disintegrate, electrical parts can short out, malfunction, and cause fires or shock.

The following steps work on all three of these problems. It is very important that they be followed in order.

Lower the Humidity

Everything will dry more quickly and clean more easily if you can reduce the humidity in the flooded house. There are five ways to lower the humidity and stop the rot and mildew: open up the flooded house, open closet and cabinet doors, use fans, run dehuminidifiers, and use desiccants.

Sort Contents and Discard Debris

You have three types of contents in your flooded house that should go to three different places: things you want to save, things you don’t want to save, and garbage.

Drain the Ceilings and Walls

Once contents and debris have been cleared from your flooded house, the next step is to get the water out of the ceilings and walls. How you drain and dry your ceilings and walls depends on what they are made of: wallboard, insulation, wood, or plaster.

Dry the Floor

Air needs to circulate below the floor to dry it out. If the crawl space of your house is flooded, pump it out. Remove any plastic sheets, vapor barriers or insulation from underneath the floor. Be sure to replace them when the floor and foundation of the flooded house are completely dry.

Remember, do not start rebuild and floodproof, until the flooded house is completely dry.