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Rob Gaudet, founder of Cajun Navy Ground Force, sets up a tent for the next day's distribution at Santa Fe Community Center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cleveland, Texas. Floodwaters in the Houston area are starting to recede, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott updates the state's ongoing response to severe weather and flooding conditions that impacted East Texas communities during a press conference, Monday, May 6, 2024, at Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management Warehouse in Conroe, Texas. Abbott urged people whose properties are damaged to report to the state government as soon as they can. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Cesar Villanueva stands in the doorway of his sister's salon, Arita's Hair Salon & Spa, while he tries to dry it out after days of heavy rainfall caused flooding in the area, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Plum Grove, Texas. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Yovany Dominguez wipes the face of his daughter Gracie, as they eat food from the Salvation Army in the parking lot of Santa Fe Community Center, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Plum Grove, Texas. Dominguez drove down from Dallas to help his mother, who was stuck in her home with floodwater up to her waist from the recent days of heavy rainfall. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Dorothy Blevins dries out photos from her home after it was flooded by the East Branch San Jacinto River on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Spendora, Texas. "These mean the most to me, everything else can be replaced," she said. Two weeks ago, her husband, Earl, closed their storage rental and put everything in their new home. "The timing of this is terrible," he said. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Anthony Dusauzay shovels debris in the laundry room of his flood-damaged home as he works to clean it up in the River Plantation neighborhood on Monday, May 6, 2024, in Conroe, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Alvaro Trevino pulls a canoe with Jennifer Tellez and Ailyn, 8, after they checked on their home on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Spendora, Texas. The family has lived on the property in a rental trailer for two years. "It's really bad," said Tellez, who says they stayed dry during the most recent flooding in February. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A heron stands as water flows over N. Houston Road, making the road impassible on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Humble, Texas. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Yanira Diaz stands in her muddy living room as she begins the clean up process of her flood-damaged home in the River Plantation neighborhood on Monday, May 6, 2024, in Conroe, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Dorothy and Earl Blevins' temporary home sits off its foundation after it was moved by flooded water and into the new home they are building on property once owned by Dorothy's mother on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Spendora, Texas. "We've never flooded like this," said Dorothy. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A construction worker moves trash bags full of flood-damaged items to a debris pile while cleaning up from flood damage in the River Plantation neighborhood on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Conroe, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, second from left, holds a press conference with local officials to update the state's ongoing response to severe weather and flooding conditions that impacted East Texas communities during a press conference, Monday, May 6, 2024, at Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management Warehouse in Conroe, Texas. Abbott urged people whose properties are damaged to report to the state government as soon as they can. From left are: Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough and Liberty County Judge Jay Knight. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Overflow from the swollen Trinity River fills James Smart's backyard as wades the floodwaters to make preparations to his chicken coup to ensure the safety of his livestock, Sunday, May 5, 2024, near Liberty, Texas. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via AP)
The water line goes almost to the top of the front door of a home in the River Plantation neighborhood on Monday, May 6, 2024, in Conroe, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A mailbox is partially submerged on a flooded street in an unincorporated area in east Harris County near Houston on Sunday morning, May 5, 2024. The nearby San Jacinto River, overflowing due to heavy rainfall earlier this week, caused the flood waters. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)
Yanira Diaz stands in her muddy living room as she begins the clean up process of her flood-damaged home in the River Plantation neighborhood on Monday, May 6, 2024, in Conroe, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)