21.   But as the waters recede, the cost of nearly a week of calamitous storms began to emerge in greater detail.

22.   By Saturday evening, the water had receded in many parts of the city.

23.   By noon, though, even though a flood watch continued throughout much of the coastal region and into the Central Texas Hill Country, the waters were receding.

24.   Damage was still untold as residents waited for waters to recede while intermittent thunderstorms added to the misery.

25.   Even when the water recedes, some roads could remain closed because of water damage.

26.   Flood waters receded onm Monday in Oregon after freezing storms closed roads and schools on Sunday.

27.   For now, the students can only wait for the waters to recede, before going home to see the damage.

28.   Growers here expect that once the water recedes, in many places it may be months before there are crops for the farm workers to plant and harvest.

29.   He said the full extent of damages would not be known for a couple of weeks, after the water recedes.

30.   How much will the death toll rise when the water recedes.