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Take photos and videos of all flood damage before clean-up begins, and file your insurance claim as quickly as possible. Apply for federal aid through FEMA or the American Red Cross to help cover ...
Water damage describes various possible losses caused by water intruding where it will enable attack of a material or system by destructive processes such as rotting of wood, mold growth, bacteria growth, rusting of steel, swelling of composite woods, de-laminating of materials such as plywood, short-circuiting of electrical devices, etc.
Adverse respiratory health effects are associated with occupancy in buildings with moisture and mold damage. [9] Infants in homes with mold have a much greater risk of developing asthma and allergic rhinitis. [10] [11] Infants may develop respiratory symptoms due to exposure to a specific type of fungal mold, called Penicillium. Signs that an ...
After authorities reopened parts of Altadena for the first time since the Eaton fire, residents returned to a grim checkerboard of destroyed homes next to others that were largely spared.
Multiple businesses and schools that burned down were owned or staffed by locals whose homes were also destroyed. Residents who operated landscaping and day-care businesses; owners of the longtime ...
Water coming from domestic equipment other than toilets (e.g., bathtubs, showers, sinks, washing machines) is called greywater. In some sanitation systems, it is preferred to keep the greywater separate from blackwater to reduce the amount of water that gets heavily polluted and to simplify treatment methods for the greywater. [citation needed]
Mollie Mercer works on salvaging items at the Kizmet Yogawear shop in the River Arts District in Asheville, N.C., Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. The building was severely flooded during Hurricane Helene.
By the time Flesner left the gym in Venice Beach around 11 a.m. local time, he could already see smoke and flames filling the hills near his Pacific Palisades, California, home.