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Before the Storm | Health and Safety During and After a Storm or Flood | Cleanup for Homeowners Cleanup for Business | For Health Care Professionals | Human Services in a Disaster | News releases | Helpful Information from Other Agencies | Información en Español Helpful Telephone Numbers | Hurricane Floyd

Before the Storm:

• Ready NC
• Family Disaster Plan: A helpful, interactive guide to prepare for all types of disasters

Health and Safety During and After a Storm or Flood

• Important Precautions During and After a Hurricane (En español: Precauciones Importantes que deben tomarse durante y despues de un huracán)
• Power generators, gas grills and charcoal grills—used indoors—can cause carbon monoxide poisoning
• After the Storm: Food Safety (En español: Después de la tormenta: Cuidado con los alimentos y el agua)
• After the Storm: Injury Prevention (En español:Después de la tormenta: Previniendo las lesiones)
• Diarrheal Illnesses and Flooding

Mental Health Services

• Disaster Preparedness
  

Cleanup for Homeowners

• How to Disinfect your Well
• Is your Well-Water Safe? (This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. If you don't have the Acrobat Reader, download it for free.)
• After the Flood: getting back into your home safely. Print version. (This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. If you don't have the Acrobat Reader, download it for free.)
• Asbestos: Do's and Dont's for the Homeowner (En español: Asbesto: Lo Que Debe Y No Debe Hacer El Propietario de Vivienda)

Cleanup for Business, Industry and Farms

• Going Back In and Being Safe: Health and Safety Risks of Entering Flooded Buildings (En español: Riesgos a la Salud y Seguridad al Entrar en Edificios Inundados)
• Guidelines for Re-Occupancy of Flooded Buildings: Controlling Exposure to Biological Building Contaminants
• Biological Contamination in Buildings -- Inspection Checklist for Re-Occupancy (This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. If you don't have the Acrobat Reader, download it for free.)
• Animal Burial Guidelines During a Declared Emergency

• Public Health and Flood Waters: Tips for dealing with Health, Safety and Environmental Issues
• Disaster Preparedness

News releases (If a hurricane strikes, look for )

Helpful Information from Other Agencies

• NC.GOV Information on Hurricanes: weather, preparedness, and tips for after a storm
• Ready NC: From the NC Division of Emergency Management (part of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety)
• Hurricane Preparedness: N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Environmental Health Storm Center: NC Division of Environmental Heath, DENR)
• Hurricane Preparedness Tips from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Federal Emergency Management Agency: FEMA
• Red Cross
• North Carolina State Animal Response Team (SART)

Helpful Telephone Numbers

• NC CARE-LINE Information and Referral Service 1-800-662-7030 (English/Spanish). In the Raleigh area, call 855-4400. Deaf or hard of hearing callers can dial 1-877-452-2514 (TTY). This number is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Hurricane Floyd, September 1999

• Public Health Response Post Hurricane Floyd
• More on the Public Health Response Post Hurricane Floyd
• "Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Hurricane Floyd --- North Carolina, September--October 1999" - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

updated: September 3, 2008 5:02 PM