Health and wellbeing for disaster recovery
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It’s important to ensure your health and wellbeing after disasters such as fire, storms, flood and cyclones.
The resources below can help in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
Floods, storms and cyclones
Recovery
- Dealing with mould after a storm, flood or cyclone
- Returning to a disaster-affected house or building
- Restoring flood-affected domestic swimming pools
- Stay safe and healthy after storms, floods and cyclones
- Use of playgrounds and sporting fields during flood recovery
- Human health and animal carcass disposal
- Disease prevention - PPE disposal
Flies and mosquitoes
- Black flies—a public health risk after a flood
- Controlling mosquito breeding after floods, storms and cyclones
- Mosquito-borne diseases after a storm, flood or cyclone
Food safety
Water safety
- Ensuring safe drinking water
- Restoring rainwater tanks affected by natural disasters (including bore water-holding tanks)