Department of Health

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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Reviewed 06 August 2024

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Environmental Health Science & Policy Department of Health

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