In the aftermath of flooding, mold inside homes can become a nightmare—and insurance doesn't always pay for cleanup.
Robert Maglievaz, an environmental administrator for the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County, told Earther that, even if mold wasn’t visible in some homes soon after the hurricane, residents should assume it’s there. This is especially true for any home that was partially flooded. “When it looks like you’re seeing blistering paint, a lot of that mold will grow behind the paint,” he said.
Mold can show up as a stain or a fuzzy growth on furniture and building materials like drywall, wood, and paper, expains a. If those materials were waterlogged, the mold can take root and spread throughout the house within the first week after a storm. It may appear harmless at first, but mold can “digest organic material, eventually destroying the material they grow on,”
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