04/12/2025
Flooding: Be Prepared, Stay Safe, Recover Well 🌧️
Floods can happen quickly and affect your health, home, and wellbeing. Here are key tips to help you and your community:
🟡 Before a Flood – Prepare:
✅ Sign up for flood alerts: www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings
✅ Know your flood risk: www.gov.uk/check-flood-risk
✅ Make a flood plan for your household
✅ Keep important items & medicines in a safe place
✅ Prepare an emergency kit (torch, batteries, food, water, phone charger)
✅ Check on neighbours, especially older or vulnerable people
🔴 During a Flood – Respond: 🚫 Avoid walking or driving through flood water 📞 Call 999 if you're in danger 📢 Follow local advice and updates 🏠 Move to higher ground if needed 🧼 Avoid contact with flood water – it may be contaminated
🟢 After a Flood – Recover: 🧽 Clean up safely – wear gloves and wash hands 🧠 Look after your mental health – flooding can be traumatic 📞 Contact your GP or NHS 111 if you feel unwell 💬 Reach out for support – you're not alone 🏘️ Help others in your community recover
Let’s stay safe and support each other 💙 More info: www.gov.uk/flooding-health
Sign up to get flood warnings for your home or business in England, Scotland or Wales, sign in to your flood warnings account, and find out how to check flood risk in Northern Ireland
