home shifted due to flood
The main damage from flooding comes from the impact of rapid moving waters to your home. Flooding pushes the sides of your home, weakening your houseâs structure and at times separating it from your foundation. Additionally, flooding penetrates deep into the earth causing severe damage. Foundation pilings that arenât penetrating load-bearing strata can move, break, and shift due to flooding, causing intense foundational and structural damage. With more intense flooding comes more intense damage to your foundation. Water traveling at 10 miles an hour has the same force as wind traveling at 270 miles an hour. Even worse, debris and toxic chemicals carried by water can further damage the safety of your home.