While Tennessee Valley residents affected by recent flooding clean and salvage their belongings, a local doctor says it's really important to make personal health is the top priority. If not careful, you can easily expose yourself to dangerous toxins.

Jeremy Hogstrom, a doctor of internal medicine, says mold is one of the sneakiest and most invasive threats that can grow in your car or home.

FEMA aid unlikely after 300+ structures damaged in Hamilton County's extreme flooding

Despite the widespread impact, early estimates suggest the county may fall short of the $13 million in statewide damages required for federal FEMA assistance.

"Within 48 hours you can start to see the formation of it, but within a couple of weeks, that's when you start to see mold spores really within the air of

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