So you've been through the weather ringer - literally. Join the club.

Not everyone in the GTA has been soaked by the rain but for people who've come home to find a mini-swimming pool where their basements used to be, it's a serious dilemma. No sooner do they get the place mopped out than Mother Nature intrudes and delivers another storm, sending more water back to the one place they least want it.

But cleaning out a flooded property is easier said than done. Not only can it take days to dry but there could be unseen hazards like mould forming - and that could cause even more health hazards down the road.

The easiest solution is to call a company that specializes in these kinds of things. But there's a hitch to that idea, too - with all the recent rains, many of them are getting so much business, some are booked all the way into the fall. And for most us, that's too long to wait.

"(We're) talking 60 to 70 phone calls a day," admits waterproofing specialist Angelo Garaci. "And for a small company, that's just nothing you can deal with.  It's overwhelming."

"There's nothing you can do to stop it until you excavate it and waterproof it."

About 30 units of a housing complex at Don Mills and Sheppard were flooded, and residents say they aren't getting help.

"We're left with the mess," complains Joyce Misurka.  "They're telling us it's an act of God."

But it's not just the mess that homeowners have to worry about.  Experts warn that if your basement is flooded, it could be dangerous if circuits are still energized. 

"They didn't shut off. I went downstairs. I got about 6 or 7 feet from the bottom of the stairs and the water had current in it and it almost killed me," said Christina West, who had to be hospitalized following the jolting incident.

"A lot of the times we end up with fatalities when people get mixed water and electricity," notes Ted Olechna, Electrical Safety Authority.  "The last thing they should do is go downstairs. What they should do if they find out the basement is flooded is call the utility service to disconnect the power."

Check out the following links to help you repair the damage that's been done - and prevent the next deluge from seeping through. 

City of Toronto: Dealing with a flooded basement

Flooded basement checklist

How to fix a wet basement after the flood

How to waterproof your basement