While Oklahoma has been having a bit of rain this week of its own, Colorado is now recovering from its flooding last week.
The Associated Press reported today that receding floodwaters have allowed many Colorado flood victims to return home to submerged houses and upended vehicles.
As many as eight people were believed to be dead, according to state officials, and hundreds were still missing.
More than 2,300 people and 850 pets have been airlifted to safety by Tuesday, according to the Colorado National Guard. Counties reported that about 19,000 homes either damaged or destroyed.
Here are photos and video via the Associated Press:
This photo released by the U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, a flight medic with the Colorado Air National Guard, carries an unidentified evacuee up a hoist onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during flood rescue and recovery operations near Boulder, Colo., Monday. AP Photo/U.S. Army, Sgt. Jonathan C. Thibault/Released
Kenny O'Gorman and Delfino Ortega help clean up Terri Jo and Jeff Cast's basement in Johnstown, Colo. on Tuesday following damage from a flood. MANUEL VALDES/AP Photo
At sunrise, the St. Vrain creek flows past a bridge destroyed in flooding days earlier, in Longmont, Colo., Tuesday. BRENNAN LINSLEY/AP Photo
In this aerial photo, vehicles in a lot are submerged in flood waters Monday in Greeley, Colo. DAWN MADURA/AP Photo/The Coloradoan
Homeowner Chris Ringdahl, left, is comforted by family friend Katherine MacIntosh, right, in front of her possessions as they cleanup from the floodwaters in Longmont, Colo., on Monday. CHRIS SCHNEIDER/AP Photo
I will be back later this week with more on recent storms.
--Althea Peterson
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