Key messages
- Encourage people in flood-prone areas to plan for floods.
- Emergency workers should be aware of potential hazards.
- Hazards remain after flood waters subside.
Floods present many potential health hazards. Emergency workers and other support staff should ensure that members of the public are aware of the potential risks when they return to their homes after a flooding event.
A range of material is available to provide to people who have been affected by floods. When people are planning to return to their homes after the flood waters have subsided, and the risks from floods waters have reduced to a level that is considered safe, there may still be many potential health hazards.
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Looking after yourself
Private water sources in flood affected areas
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Drinking water after a flood
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After a flood: animal and insect related hazards
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How to protect yourself from mosquito borne diseases after a flood
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Power outages after a flood
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Cleaning up after a flood
Floods: mould and your health
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Returning home after a flood
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Floods - Guidance for treating swimming pools
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Septic tanks in flood affected areas
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Management strategies for mosquitoes
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Management strategies for mosquitoes
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Returning home after a flood on the Health Translations website
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Somali (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 167.72 KBDrinking water after a flood - Spanish(opens in a new window)Word 152.88 KBDrinking water after a flood - Spanish (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 167.87 KBDrinking water after a flood - Congolese - Swahili(opens in a new window)Word 162.59 KBDrinking water after a flood - Congolese - Swahili (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 170.38 KBDrinking water after a flood - Swahili(opens in a new window)Word 162.59 KBDrinking water after a flood - Swahili (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 170.38 KBDrinking water after a flood - Tamil(opens in a new window)Word 152.43 KBDrinking water after a flood - Tamil (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 204.32 KBDrinking water after a flood - Thai (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 353.9 KBDrinking water after a flood - Tongan(opens in a new window)Word 149.67 KBDrinking water after a flood - Tongan (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 193.88 KBDrinking water after a flood - Turkish(opens in a new window)Word 148.13 KBDrinking water after a flood - 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Drinking water after a flood on the Health Translations website.
- After a flood: animal and insect related hazards(opens in a new window)Word 141.13 KBAfter a flood: animal and insect related hazards - Ahmaric (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 194.08 KBAfter a flood: animal and insect related hazards - Ahmaric(opens in a new window)Word 570.98 KBAfter a flood - animal and insect-related hazards - Arabic(opens in a new window)PDF 217.66 KBAfter a flood: animal and insect related hazards - Arabic(opens in a new window)Word 315.65 KBAfter a flood - animal and insect-related hazards - Assyrian(opens in a new window)PDF 203.74 KBAfter a flood - animal and insect-related hazards - Burmese(opens in a new window)PDF 195.96 KBAfter a flood: animal and insect related hazards - Burmese(opens in a new window)Word 487.87 KBAfter a flood: animal and insect related hazards - Chinese Simplified (PDF)(opens in a new window)PDF 382.7 KBAfter a flood: animal and insect related hazards - Chinese Simplified(opens in a new window)Word 308 KBAfter a flood: animal and insect related hazards - 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- Power outages after a flood(opens in a new window)Word 109.83 KB
Power outages after a flood on the Health Translations website
- How to protect yourself from mosquito borne diseases after a flood(opens in a new window)Word 148.94 KB
Floods and mosquito-borne diseases on the Health Translations website
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