After days of heavy rainfall that led to hundreds of rescues, Houston area floodwaters have started to recede and residents have begun to return to their homes to assess damages.
The Houston area has been slammed by heavy storms, leading to numerous high-water rescues and officials urgently instructing residents in low-lying areas to evacuate.
Heading into this year's growing season, hundreds of farms in Vermont are still recovering from last year's catastrophic flooding; fundraising campaign Dig Deep Vermont is giving out grants to farms.
Flash flooding in western Pennsylvania, where almost three inches of rain fell Thursday afternoon, has triggered multiple evacuations and rescues, but no known injuries.