Commercial Flood Damage In Your Kansas City Shopping Center

2/24/2020 (Permalink)

Fallen Tree Leads to Commercial Flood Damage at a Kansas City Shopping Center

A flooding incident, which involved strong winds and torrential rain, left extensive damages at a Kansas City shopping center. A branch of a tree fell through the roof of a convenience store at the center, creating a hole that let in rainwater freely. Luckily, there were no shoppers in the affected section, so there was no injury. However, it was crucial to address the physical damages immediately to avert further losses.

In many flood damage incidents in Kansas City, other factors combine to complicate or delay the restoration for the initial loss. The fallen tree at the shopping center was not an isolated incident since the strong winds had left heavy debris, including downing power lines in other areas disrupting power and limiting movement. These additional factors would have worsened the situation at the shopping center, but assistance from SERVPRO helped save the day.

Flood damage is an undesirable outcome that most people do not intend to face, which limits the preparations that people make. Our SERVPRO teams prepare to offer assistance in such situations. We have different kinds of production trucks, which are fully stocked with the resources needed to deal with the damage. Some of these include emergency generators and access equipment such as foldable ladders and elevated platforms such as cherry pickers. Our support team also keeps abreast of the latest news so we can tell which sections of the roads are impassable and alternative ways to access the loss sites.

When we arrived at the shopping center, our crews scoped the area to establish the best course of action. Stopping water intrusion into the building was essential to halt further damages. We removed the branch that has damaged the roof and set up a roof tarp to cover the hole.  As some of our technicians were setting up the tarp, others were salvaging contents and setting up pumps to extract water inside the shop. We also set up dehumidifiers to help keep humidity levels constant as we completed the restoration.

Dealing with flooding can be challenging. Call SERVPRO of Kansas City Midtown at (816) 895-8890 to assist in the restoration, dealing with any incident, “Like it never even happened.”

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