Extension Web Sites - Regularly updated due to current conditions - Resources available through these sites deal with an exhaustive list of flood-related issues (i.e. agriculture, human safety, and financial losses/compensation).

• Iowa State Univ.
  • Crops Production News 
  • Crop Concerns
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Flood Clean Up 
  • Livestock Concerns 
• Univ. of Minnesota
  • Weather Impacts: Floods and Rain
• Univ. of Missouri Extension
  • Floods and Flash Floods
• Univ. of Nebraska
  • From Moisture to Mold (for Professionals) - Video
  • From Moisture to Mold (for Consumers) - Video
  • Housing: Moisture and Mold - ordering options for Consumers and professionals (DVD w/ curriculum)
• North Dakota State Univ.
  • Flood Information
• Purdue Extension 
  • Floods and Storms
  • First Steps to Flood Recovery
• Texas A&M
  • Floods
• Univ. of Wisconsin
  • Extension Responds
  • Ag & Natural Resources Teleconference Information
• eXtension - Floods
  • Protect Your Property
  • Clean-up and Recovery
  • Reduce Future Flood Damage
  • Risk Management

EDEN held a Flood Recovery Conference Call on Friday, June 27, 2008, inviting all interested EDEN delegates (especially those in the flood-affected Midwestern states).

This call was recorded and can now be downloaded. 

A few resources were discussed on the call. While listening, please use the following links as quick references:

• National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)
  • NVOAD's National Manual on Long-Term Recovery
• First Steps to Flood Recovery (Purdue Extension)
• AidMatrix

Moisture Meters (information for purchasing):

• Protometer Mini C Wood Moisture Meter -- available from Forestry Suppliers and Professional Equipment
• Tramex Meter (nondestructive) -- available from Professional Equipment

Crops

Farm Buildings and Property

Livestock

• Water Requirements and Safety for Cattle Following a Disaster (Source: LSU AgCenter)
• Feeding Cattle Following a Disaster (Source: LSU AgCenter)
• Maintaining Livestock Health After a Flood (Source: North Dakota State Univ.) 
• Flood-Related Diseases in Poultry and Livestock (Source: Univ. of Arkansas)  
• Potential Livestock Disease Problems Following Disasters (Source: LSU AgCenter)
• Livestock and Poultry Buildings: After the Flood (Source: North Carolina State University)
• Using Flood-Damaged Grain (Source: Iowa State Univ.)
• Don’t Ignore Flood-Damaged Hay (Source: Iowa State Univ.) 

Weather/Environmental Monitoring

NOAA's nowCOAST  - nowCOAST is a web mapping web page providing links to thousands of real-time coastal observations and NOAA forecasts of interest to the marine community.

NOAAWatch - Offeris information about ongoing environmental events, and explains the role of NOAA in prediction, monitoring, and recovery from environmental hazards.

NWS/SPC's Severe Weather Information - By organizing information from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center, Tom Priddy (EDEN POC for the University of Kentucky) has made it possible for you to easily access real time severe weather information for your state.

Communication Resources

Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages - Floods/Flash Floods (Red Cross)

Hearing Impaired: Flood Cleanup Information - The modules are presented via video in international sign language and cover 1) Dangers after a Flood, 2) Tips about Food after a Flood, 3) Wounds and Floodwater, and 4) General Flood Cleanup. These are resources from the Texas Department of Public Safety.