CAMERON PARK, Calif. — The New Year's Eve storm flooded roads in Cameron Park, forcing evacuations just days ago. Since then, companies have been getting calls for help to make these homes livable again.
Neighbors in Shingle Springs have been working for days to clean up the mess from flooding, desperately trying to dry out from back-to-back storms.
Water from the river was so high from the back-to-back storms it came up over a nearby street and pushed its way into homes. It flooded several inches inside them, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to the floors, walls, landscaping and kitchen.
The Five Star Restoration & Construction team said the process is a lengthy one. It includes drying out the home and tearing up damaged dry wall, flooring and cabinets.
"Over the weekend, we had about 90 jobs come in between Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and they're still coming in but we're trying to take care of as many people as we can right now," said Aaron Provencal, Five Star Restoration & Construction general manager.
They also warned homeowners about the hidden dangers of the flood water itself.
"Normal clean water situation, when someone's got a broken pipe or some thing, go out and dry out the structure, but this situation, we've got contaminants in the water, so we've got to cut things out," said Provencal.
He also recommends people examine their insurance policies carefully because not all are the same.
"This kind of situation where you've got groundwater coming in, this will have to have flood insurance to be covered. Normal water damage from a home will be covered if it comes from a toilet overflowing, broken pipe, that sort of thing. But if it's groundwater, water that hits the ground before it comes into the home, they consider that flood," said Provencal.
If anyone gets flood insurance for their property, most residential flood insurance is provided through the National Flood Insurance Program, which is administered by FEMA.
It typically takes 30 days to go into effect.
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