Flood Waters Filling Basements After Storms May Contain Dangerous Bacteria

Yvette Mayo’s home in Queens, New York, was inundated with four feet of water by Hurricane Ida. Now there are fears that the home, along with so many others, are contaminated with dangerous bacteria. Water rushed in through Mayo’s basement sewage valves. She says she frantically waded through the murky flood water to salvage family photos and priceless belongings. But two days later, she started feeling extremely ill. She went to the hospital and was diagnosed with e.coli and norovirus.