A few questions about my late 2006 iMac

Hello,
I own a late 2006 iMac specs here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP28
Our house basement got flooded by our neighbours 50,000 litre pool splitting open.
My iMac was on a desk along with the cords and did not touch water. It was however in a room that was flooding for maybe 6 hours. It was exposed to the humidity from the water on the floor and also big fans were going during that time (dehumidifier and fans). I grabbed it maybe 5 or 6 hours this happened and brought it upstairs in our living room. The keyboard doesn't sit flat and my comptuer in general seemed slow and apps weren't working right.
Could it be damaged because of all of this? I'd like to open the back panel and pop off the keys on the keyboard. How can I find information about how to pull the back off and pop off the keys?
Our insurance provides full coverage so may just tell them to check out my iMac but then I'll be without it for awhile.

I ended up getting a new Mac.

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