A grasshopper finds a dry perch on a sign above a flooded stream in Tyler, Texas, after powerful rainstorms pounded the area Friday, July 6, 2007. With rivers and lakes filled already filled to the brim, emergency officials braced for more of the flooding that has severely damaged or destroyed 1,000 homes and killed 13 people.
Low lying rain clouds roll over Tyler, Texas, on Tuesday, July 3, 2007, as rains continued to cause flash floods. Flooding slowly subsided in some areas, but forecasters said an approaching storm system could hamper efforts to clean up after weeks of heavy rain damaged homes, businesses and roads.
Dallas firefighters search the swollen Trinity River under Interstate 45 in south Dallas, Monday, July 2, 2007. One man died and another was rescued after both jumped from the highway bridge into the flooded river. The two men apparently got out of their cars after an accident and were standing by the bridge railing when another vehicle headed toward them. The men leaped from the bridge to avoid getting hit.
Dallas firefighters push an inflatable boat bearing the recovered body of a drowning victim and the medical examiner in the swollen Trinity River under Interstate 45 in south Dallas, Monday, July 2, 2007. One man died and another was rescued after both were forced to jump from the highway bridge into the flooded river after a car accident. The men leaped from the bridge to avoid getting hit.
Wichita Falls, Texas, firefighters cruise up Flood Street on the East Side checking the area for victims of flooding Sunday, July 1, 2007. At least four more feet of water spilled into the Duncan Street Canal from the Wichita River overnight.
An unidentified woman stands at her front door, surrounded by floodwaters, in the Horseshoe Bend community in Parker County, Texas, Sunday, July 1, 2007. Parts of the community flooded when the nearby Brazos River overflowed earlier in the week.
Morris Kelly, center, is helped from his flooded house along the banks of the Brazos River by Frank Watson, right, and Mark Johnson, with the Parker County fire department search-and-rescue team, Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Weatherford, Texas. Flood-weary residents hoping for a reprieve from the heavy rain that has soaked parts of Texas may have to wait, as forecasts called for more thunderstorms Friday.
A washed out truck and bridge are shown after recent storms flooded homes, closed roads, and carried cars away, Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Marble Falls, Texas.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Donnie Adams looks back after gathering information Wednesday, June 27, 2007, on a vehicle that was swept onto a railing after Salado Creek crested in Salado, Texas, following heavy overnight rain.
The South San Gabriel River flows above flood-stage in Leander, Texas, on Wednesday, June 27, 2007. The river, usually only a foot deep at this location, flooded its banks after overnight storms dumped up to 18 inches of rain in some areas of central Texas.
Clark Pennington stands in the doorway of his waterfront home at Lake Travis' Graveyard Point and watches the rise Wednesday, June 27, 2007, in Lakeway, Texas. Pennington had removed all the furniture earlier in the day. He expects the lake to rise as high as his windowsill.
Barbara Evans rescues her two dogs Wednesday, June 27, 2007, as residents of The Granbury Harbor neighborhood of Granbury, Texas, search through their homes after floodwaters ripped through the neighborhood late Tuesday. Torrential storms flooded parts of central Texas, stranding people on roofs, in trees and in vehicles.
Boat garages and flooded backyards of home on Lake Travis are shown after an overnight storm flooded homes, closed roads, and carried cars away, Wednesday, June 27, 2007, near Austin, Texas.
A motorist stalls amid floodwaters covering Bryce Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Lashing storms dumped up to 18 inches of rain on parts of central Texas, flooding several towns and stranding dozens of people on rooftops, cars and in trees Wednesday.
Local anglers try their luck while fishing from the middle of Highway 56 in Valley Mills, Texas, Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Heavy rains forced the Bosque River to overflow its banks flooding low point of the highway and forcing the evacuation of some homes.
A stranded motorist stands on the hood of a submerged truck waiting to tie off a tow line after getting stuck in high water, Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Fort Worth, Texas. Heavy rain moved through Texas again, prompting flood warnings and causing authorities to be on alert for rising waters.
A Fort Worth fire department Squad 2 sits in deep water after trying to cross the road, Tuesday, June 26, 2007, in Fort Worth, Texas. Heavy rain moved through Texas again, prompting flood warnings and causing authorities to be on alert for rising waters.
Oklahoma City firefighter Cpl. Brent Koeninger reaches a car stuck in high water on a road in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Koeninger pulled two teen-aged girls from the car and to dry land.
Oklahoma City firefighter Cpl. Brent Koeninger, right, pulls 16-year-old Lauren Penn out of a car on a flooded road in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. About 20 firefighters helped Koeninger use a raft to rescue 16-year-old twin sisters Lauren and Lindsey Penn from bumper-deep flood waters surrounding their car on Tuesday.
David Penn, center, holds his two daughters, Lauren Penn, left, and Lindsey Penn, after they were rescued from a car on a flooded road in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, June 26, 2007.