As if 16-inches of rain were not enough, residents of New York can prepare for more rains in early August.
In preparation, residents are trying to clean up their homes and businesses and recover what they can on Saturday before the rains hit again on Sunday. Newsday.com reports that many residents have been displaced because of the high waters and many neighborhoods are under an official state of emergency.
Flash flood warnings were issued yesterday for New York City, Long Island, and even part of New Jersey. The extreme weather caused many back-ups in traffic and at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport.
Recovering From a Flood
If the neighborhood your home or business is in has experienced a flood, call your insurance company if you are covered for losses from water damage and make sure it is safe to enter the building before going inside.
Should documents and books be found wet, do not throw them out. Call a restoration specialist. Restoration specialists can dry and restore wet documents, wet book, photos, blueprints, etc. They can also electronic versions of this data to help back-up what you have.
