The exact type of damage caused by floods will depend on a number of factors. This includes the source of the flooding, how extensive it is (including flood water height) and how long it remains in a property as long term flooding is likely to cause more damage than flash flooding. Flood damage will very likely affect both the building materials and also the content of the property. This is likely to require clean-up, sanitisation, disposal of waste, strip out of flood damaged items (that cannot be repaired) and eventually drying to help get the property back to pre-incident conditions.