Flood Cleanup
Natural Disasters and Weather Emergencies
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Mold Information
Carbon Monoxide Information
Natural Emergencies
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Hurricanes
Flood recovery and precautions
Get current emergency notifications from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (
www.fema.gov) Hurricane Response and Recovery
Read the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Emergency
Preparedness and Response page Key Facts About Hurricane Recovery
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See EPA's PDF page to learn more. Disponible en PDF
During a flood cleanup, the indoor air quality in your home or office
may appear to be the least of your problems. However, failure to
remove contaminated materials and to reduce moisture and humidity can
present serious long-term health risks. Standing water and wet
materials are a breeding ground for microorganisms, such as viruses,
bacteria, and mold. They can cause disease, trigger allergic
reactions, and continue to damage materials long after the flood.
Publications / Publicaciones
Additional Information / Para obtener más información
Find out how to order EPA publications
Publications
For basic information on how to clean up after a flood and how to
prevent indoor air problems:
Flood Cleanup and the Air In Your Home
Booklet
PDF Version (PDF, 15 pp, 1.6MB) This 28 page booklet prints in
landscape as a 15 page printout. Please set your printer to landscape
before printing.
Doïn deïp sau côn luït vaø khoâng khí trong nhaø cuûa quyù vò
(available in Vietnamese - (PDF, 28 pp, 4.28MB))
A press-quality PDF version for printing the 28-page document into a
6x9 booklet in English (suitable for a PDF-to-plate, full-color print
process - CMYK) is also available (PDF, 28 pp, 3.73MB)
(also available in Vietnamese - (PDF, 15 pp, 4.11MB))
EPA 402-K-07-002 (English)
EPA 402-K-06-006-VIE (Vietnamese)
Poster
8.5" x 11" PDF Version (PDF, 1 page, 295KB)
(also available in Vietnamese - (PDF, 1 page, 163KB))
11" x 17" PDF Version (PDF, 1 page, 900KB)
(also available in Vietnamese - (PDF, 2 pp, 665KB))
A press-quality PDF for printing the 11 x 17 poster in English
(suitable for a PDF-to-plate, full-color print process - CMYK) is also
available (PDF, 1 page, 1.8MB)
(also available in Vietnamese - (PDF, 1 page, 662KB))
EPA 402-H-07-001 (English)
EPA 402-H-06-001 (Vietnamese)
For an overview of flood cleanup and indoor air issues, and links to
additional resources:
Fact Sheet: Flood Cleanup - Avoiding Indoor Air Quality Problems
(PDF, 3 pp, 35KB)
General information on Indoor Air Quality -
www.epa.gov/iaq
Indoor Air Quality publications -
www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs
Publicaciones
Para información sobre cómo limpiar después de una inundación y cómo
prevenir los problemas del aire en el interior de la casa:
La limpieza después de la inundación y el aire en su hogar
Folleto
Versión de PDF (PDF, 15 páginas, 1.01MB) El formato de esta versión es
planilla de dos páginas para imprimir en modo apaisado en hojas tamaño
carta (un tiraje de 15 páginas). Por favor configure su impresora en
modo apaisado antes de imprimir.
También a su disposición, una versión PDF lista para prensa, para
imprimir el folleto en español de 6'' x 9'' (adecuado para un proceso
a todo color de PDF a plancha CMYK). (PDF, 28 páginas, 3.51MB).
EPA 402-K-07-003
Cartel
8.5" x 11" Versión de PDF (PDF, 1 página, 295KB)
11" x 17" Versión de PDF (PDF, 1 página, 900KB)
También a su disposición, un PDF de calidad de prensa para imprimir el
cartel en español de 11'' x 17'' (adecuado para un proceso a todo
color de PDF a plancha CMYK). (PDF, 1 página, 1.75MB)
EPA 402-H-07-004
Additional information
About hurricanes and flooding -
www.epa.gov/naturalevents/hurricanes
Children’s Health in the Aftermath of Floods -
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/flood.htm
To get more information from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC):
flood information -
www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/
hurricane information -
www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/
Para obtener más información
sobre inundaciones / huracanes -
www.epa.gov/espanol/eventosnaturales/index.htm
La Salud de niños en las Repercusiones de Inundaciones -
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/flood.htm
Para más información de los Centros para el Control de Enfermedades y
Prevención (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC):
sobre inundaciones -
www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/espanol/
sobre huracanes -
www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/espanol/