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Respiratory Health Harms Often Follow Flooding: Taking These Steps Can Help
~4.9 mins read
Mold growth and contaminants left after major storms may pose health hazards.
Repair the roof, clean gutters, and seal around skylights, vent pipes, and chimneys to prevent leaks. These are some of the most vulnerable components of a building during storms and hurricanes.
Declutter drains and empty septic tanks.
Construct barriers and seal cracks in outer walls and around windows, to prevent heavy rain and floodwater from entering.
Install a sump pump to drain water from the basement, and backflow valves on sewer lines to prevent water from backing up into the home.
Minimize your stay in flooded regions (particularly after hurricanes) or buildings until they are dry and safe.
Check building for traces of water intrusion, dampness, and mold growth immediately after flooding.
Drain floodwater and dispose of remaining sediment.
Remove affected porous materials. If possible, dry them outdoors under sunlight.
Increase the ventilation rate by leaving all windows and doors open, or use a large exhaust fan to dry out the building as fast as possible.
Use dehumidifiers in damp spaces such as basements.
Upgrade the air filters in your HVAC system to at least MERV 13, or use portable air cleaners with HEPA filters to reduce your exposure to airborne mold spores.
Wear a well-fitted N95 face mask, gloves, and rubber boots to clean.
Clean and disinfect anything that has been in contact with water using soap, detergents, and/or antibacterial cleaning products.
Dispose of moldy materials in sealed heavy-duty plastic bags.
Heavy rains and sea level rise contribute to major flooding events that are one effect of climate change. Surging water rushing into buildings often causes immediate harms, such as drowning deaths, injuries sustained while seeking shelter or fleeing, and hypothermia after exposure to cold waters with no shelter or heat.
But long after news trucks leave and public attention moves on, flooding continues to affect communities in visible and less visible ways. Among the less visible threats is a higher risk of respiratory health problems like asthma and allergic reactions. Fortunately, you can take steps to minimize or avoid flooding, or to reduce respiratory health risks after flooding occurs.
How does flooding trigger respiratory health issues?
Flooding may bring water contaminated with toxic chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, biotoxins, sewage, and water-borne pathogens into buildings. Afterward, some toxic contaminants remain in dried sediments left behind. When disturbed through everyday actions like walking and cleaning, this turns into microscopic airborne dust. Anything in that dried flood sediment — the toxic chemicals, the metals, the biotoxins — is now in the air you breathe into your lungs, potentially affecting your respiratory health.
Buildings needn't be submerged during flooding to spur respiratory problems. Many homes we studied after Hurricane Ida suffered water intrusion through roofs, windows, and ventilation ducts — and some were more than 100 miles away from coastal regions that bore the brunt of the storm.
The growth of mold can also affect health
Another common hazard is mold, a fungal growth that forms and spreads on damp or decaying organic matter. Indoor mold generally grows due to extensive dampness, and signals a problem with water or moisture. Damp materials inside buildings following a flood create perfect conditions for rapid mold growth.
Mold can be found indoors and outdoors in all climates. It spreads by making tiny spores that float through the air to land in other locations. No indoor space is entirely free from mold spores, but exposure to high concentrations is linked with respiratory complications such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, and sinusitis. Thus, flooding affects respiratory health by increasing the risk of exposure to higher concentrations of mold spores outdoors and indoors.
For example, after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, the average outdoor concentration of mold spores in flooded areas was roughly double that of non-flooded areas, and the highest concentrations of mold spores were measured indoors. A study on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding in the UK in 2007 showed that water damage accelerated mold growth and respiratory allergies.
Children are especially vulnerable to health problems triggered by mold. All respiratory symptoms — including asthma, bronchitis, eye irritation, and cough — occurred more often in homes reporting mold or dampness, according to a study on the respiratory health of young children in 30 Canadian communities. Other research demonstrates that mold contributes to development of asthma in children.
What can you do to protect against the health harms of flooding?
Our research in New Orleans, LA after Hurricane Ida in 2021 identified common factors — both in housing and flooding events — with great impact on respiratory health. Preliminary results suggest two deciding factors in whether substantial indoor mold appeared were the age of a building's roof and how many precautionary measures people took after flooding from the hurricane. The impact on respiratory health also varied with flood water height, days per week spent at home, and how many precautionary measures were taken after Ida swept through.
Informed by this and other research, we offer the following tips — some to tackle before flooding or heavy rains, and some to take afterward. While you may not be able to entirely prevent flooding from hurricanes or major storms, taking these and other steps can help.
Before seasonal storms, flooding, or heavy rains start: Protect against water intrusion
After flooding or major rainstorms: Move quickly to reduce dampness and mold growth
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends limiting contact with flood water, which may have electrical hazards and hazardous substances, including raw sewage. Additionally:
What to do if you spot mold growth
Taking steps like these — before and after a major storm — goes a long way toward protecting your respiratory health.
Read Flooding Brings Deep Trouble in Harvard Medicine magazine to learn more about the health hazards related to floods.
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Respiratory Health Harms Often Follow Flooding: Taking These Steps Can Help
~4.9 mins read
Mold growth and contaminants left after major storms may pose health hazards.
Repair the roof, clean gutters, and seal around skylights, vent pipes, and chimneys to prevent leaks. These are some of the most vulnerable components of a building during storms and hurricanes.
Declutter drains and empty septic tanks.
Construct barriers and seal cracks in outer walls and around windows, to prevent heavy rain and floodwater from entering.
Install a sump pump to drain water from the basement, and backflow valves on sewer lines to prevent water from backing up into the home.
Minimize your stay in flooded regions (particularly after hurricanes) or buildings until they are dry and safe.
Check building for traces of water intrusion, dampness, and mold growth immediately after flooding.
Drain floodwater and dispose of remaining sediment.
Remove affected porous materials. If possible, dry them outdoors under sunlight.
Increase the ventilation rate by leaving all windows and doors open, or use a large exhaust fan to dry out the building as fast as possible.
Use dehumidifiers in damp spaces such as basements.
Upgrade the air filters in your HVAC system to at least MERV 13, or use portable air cleaners with HEPA filters to reduce your exposure to airborne mold spores.
Wear a well-fitted N95 face mask, gloves, and rubber boots to clean.
Clean and disinfect anything that has been in contact with water using soap, detergents, and/or antibacterial cleaning products.
Dispose of moldy materials in sealed heavy-duty plastic bags.
Heavy rains and sea level rise contribute to major flooding events that are one effect of climate change. Surging water rushing into buildings often causes immediate harms, such as drowning deaths, injuries sustained while seeking shelter or fleeing, and hypothermia after exposure to cold waters with no shelter or heat.
But long after news trucks leave and public attention moves on, flooding continues to affect communities in visible and less visible ways. Among the less visible threats is a higher risk of respiratory health problems like asthma and allergic reactions. Fortunately, you can take steps to minimize or avoid flooding, or to reduce respiratory health risks after flooding occurs.
How does flooding trigger respiratory health issues?
Flooding may bring water contaminated with toxic chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, biotoxins, sewage, and water-borne pathogens into buildings. Afterward, some toxic contaminants remain in dried sediments left behind. When disturbed through everyday actions like walking and cleaning, this turns into microscopic airborne dust. Anything in that dried flood sediment — the toxic chemicals, the metals, the biotoxins — is now in the air you breathe into your lungs, potentially affecting your respiratory health.
Buildings needn't be submerged during flooding to spur respiratory problems. Many homes we studied after Hurricane Ida suffered water intrusion through roofs, windows, and ventilation ducts — and some were more than 100 miles away from coastal regions that bore the brunt of the storm.
The growth of mold can also affect health
Another common hazard is mold, a fungal growth that forms and spreads on damp or decaying organic matter. Indoor mold generally grows due to extensive dampness, and signals a problem with water or moisture. Damp materials inside buildings following a flood create perfect conditions for rapid mold growth.
Mold can be found indoors and outdoors in all climates. It spreads by making tiny spores that float through the air to land in other locations. No indoor space is entirely free from mold spores, but exposure to high concentrations is linked with respiratory complications such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, and sinusitis. Thus, flooding affects respiratory health by increasing the risk of exposure to higher concentrations of mold spores outdoors and indoors.
For example, after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, the average outdoor concentration of mold spores in flooded areas was roughly double that of non-flooded areas, and the highest concentrations of mold spores were measured indoors. A study on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding in the UK in 2007 showed that water damage accelerated mold growth and respiratory allergies.
Children are especially vulnerable to health problems triggered by mold. All respiratory symptoms — including asthma, bronchitis, eye irritation, and cough — occurred more often in homes reporting mold or dampness, according to a study on the respiratory health of young children in 30 Canadian communities. Other research demonstrates that mold contributes to development of asthma in children.
What can you do to protect against the health harms of flooding?
Our research in New Orleans, LA after Hurricane Ida in 2021 identified common factors — both in housing and flooding events — with great impact on respiratory health. Preliminary results suggest two deciding factors in whether substantial indoor mold appeared were the age of a building's roof and how many precautionary measures people took after flooding from the hurricane. The impact on respiratory health also varied with flood water height, days per week spent at home, and how many precautionary measures were taken after Ida swept through.
Informed by this and other research, we offer the following tips — some to tackle before flooding or heavy rains, and some to take afterward. While you may not be able to entirely prevent flooding from hurricanes or major storms, taking these and other steps can help.
Before seasonal storms, flooding, or heavy rains start: Protect against water intrusion
After flooding or major rainstorms: Move quickly to reduce dampness and mold growth
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends limiting contact with flood water, which may have electrical hazards and hazardous substances, including raw sewage. Additionally:
What to do if you spot mold growth
Taking steps like these — before and after a major storm — goes a long way toward protecting your respiratory health.
Read Flooding Brings Deep Trouble in Harvard Medicine magazine to learn more about the health hazards related to floods.
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Chelsea Edge Palmeiras 21 To Advance To Club World Cup Semis
~0.8 mins read
Chelsea emerged victorious in the FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final with a 2–1 win over Brazilian side Palmeiras. The Premier League side took an early lead in the 16th minute when Cole Palmer found the net, finishing off an assist from Trevoh Chalobah to put Chelsea ahead. Despite several attacking efforts from both sides, the score remained 1–0 going into the break. Palmeiras responded strongly in the second half, and their efforts paid off in the 53rd minute when E. Willian scored the equaliser, assisted by R. Rios. The game continued with high intensity as both teams sought a winning goal. However, in the 83rd minute, disaster struck for the Brazilian side when goalkeeper Weverton scored an own goal, handing Chelsea a 2–1 lead. Palmeiras could not recover from the setback despite a late push. The match saw a number of cautions handed out, with yellow cards shown to Malo Gusto (41′), Liam Delap (45+3′), R. Rios (78′), and Levi Colwill (86′). With this result, Chelsea secured a spot in the prestigious Club World Cup semi-finals.
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Arbaaz Khan Roasts Salmans No-Kiss Policy: Off-Screen Mein Sab Kar Lete Hain!
~2.3 mins read
On July 5, 2025, while making a recent visit on The Kapil Sharma Show, Salman Khan was teased about his infamous “no-kissing policy” in movies. Salman responded to this lightly by saying, “Dekho kiss toh main karta nahi screen pe toh mujhe farak padta nai” (Look, I don’t kiss on screen, I just don’t care about it). What stole the show, however, was his brother Arbaaz’s cheeky response: “Woh itna kar lete hain off-screen ki zaroorat hi nahi padti!” (He does enough off-screen that there’s no need on-screen.) The banter was carried out playfully by this one from the Khan crew. Arbaaz’s one-liner was not only humorous, it provided fans with a new name for Salman: “Bhaijaan, the off-screen king!” The audience burst out laughing and clapping, and Twitter soon buzzed, terming the moment as “classic Khan family humor.” Salman’s reign is not new. He’s held on to it for years, from his entry in 1988, steering clear of on-screen lip-locks with co-stars such as Katrina Kaif, even rejecting a kiss scene in Tiger Zinda Hai. The sole big exception was in the 1996 movie Jeet, where he exchanged a cheek kiss with Karisma Kapoor, though fans contend that it was actually more of a peck on the cheek than a proper kiss. Salman once suggested that on-screen romance left him uneasy. He told a humorous anecdote: watching kissing scenes on VHS as a child would make his family avert their gaze; that sort of awkwardness has lingered on. But Arbaaz threw shade on the “awkward” excuse, making a joke that Salman gets more than enough action off-camera, so why sully it with on-screen kisses? It was classic brother-style roasting: humorous, mildly teasing, but based in love. Yes, kind of. In Radhe in 2022, Salman had indeed given a full on-screen kiss to Disha Patani. Even that was generating buzz, because everyone felt that it was a big exception to his long-standing policy. Yet, exceptions are rare. Arbaaz has always been Khan, bro, to the fore. He earlier spoke of how close he and Salman are; even though they don’t catch up frequently, they’re always there for each other in bad times. His humor and straight-up comments capture fans’ imaginations of the caring, playful relationship in the Khan bros. In the meantime, Salman is gearing up for his next large-scale project, the nationalist drama Battle of Galwan, on the 2020 India-China conflict. Directed by Apoorva Lakhia, this gritty movie is a far cry from the romance of his past work. Be prepared for more grit, action, and maybe even fewer spat-filled uncles on location! Zero pretense: Real, off-the-cuff humor by the Khan brothers makes them accessible; no need for acting! Perfect timing: The joke followed Salman’s explanation on the show, providing viewers with an instant laugh that was fresh and natural. Brotherly love: Beneath the sarcasm, you can sense love. Arbaaz taunting Salman isn’t merely entertaining; it’s endearing. Arbaaz Khan’s speedy sarcasm only added another entertaining page to the Salman legacy. The tale nicely weaves Salman’s blockbuster persona, Arbaaz’s comic timing, and an insight into their real-life bonding. No lip-locks on screen? That’s Bhaijaan’s regulation. But off-screen tales? That’s where the actual magic, and giggles, materialize.
Read this and Other similar stories at MissMalini.com
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