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Hi All, sorry for using this thread for a bit of advice and help, but I was hoping someone could help with some flood damage advice.
My hometown has been flooded in the last couple of days (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/italy-storms-people-dead-thousands-evacuated-emlia-romagna) and some relatives and friends were affected. All are fine and well, it's just a case of property damage with basements and lower floors being completely flooded with river water and debris/silts (think floor to ceiling level of flood). Power has obviously been switched off as soon as the flooding started.
The water has subsided and they will start cleaning today. They are not sure how to clean and remove any silts that might have gone inside the electrical system ducts and domestic plumbing and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with flooded basements or any advice at all?
My thinking was rinsing the systems as much as possible and then letting them dry. For the electical system I was thinking removing the plates by the switches and power sockets and running some water down to flush the system, but I don't know if that's stupid or not.