Our cameras went out to the Spring area, where residents are beginning to clean up damage left over from strong storms overnight.
'We're just there to help," Houston Fire Department Chief Joshua Vogel said as his team prepared for a two-week deployment to the Central Texas flood zone.
"My age is 87, and there's no more than my body can handle," said one homeowner who fears she may not survive another flood.
"Is it something that voters are going to be happy to hear? Of course not," Judge Lina Hidalgo said, as commissioners warn taxpayers may need to fund the remaining projects.
The city's public draft plan initially allocated $0 for housing, but after receiving backlash, Houston Mayor John Whitmire verbally committed to putting $50 million of the $314 million toward housing.
At least 27 people were reported dead across several states in an expansive outbreak of severe weather from the Heartland to the East Coast.