Protect Your Home Before The Flood

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) - - A month after heavy rains pounded down across the Mid-South, some homeowners are still dealing with the aftermath.

Many of those homeowners have been flooding restoration companies with phone calls for help.

We had about 50 calls that came through just in one day, we had to start turning people away because we couldn't take care of all of them, Joel Newport of RCI Restoration Services said, Some places we were going to had four feet of water sitting outside in the street.

Some homeowners are learning lessons from last time the hard way.

Nobody had flood insurance, which is what we're telling all of our customers now to get flood insurance because they're coming out of homeowner's pockets, Newport said.

Restoration experts say make sure your policy covers flooding.

A lot of policy holders don't actually carry insurance for floods, Newport said, They don't cover any kind of insurance for flood unless you ask for it.

Also stock up on the essentials, like water and canned food.

You can be trapped in your house for three or four days, MLGW could shut down any day, you could be in your house with nothing, no electricity, no water, no food, Newport said.

Also check a few things around your house before the storm.

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Protect Your Home Before The Flood