1.   Gov. Rick Perry toured the Houston area by helicopter Sunday and said he saw hopeful signs of recovery, including the receding floodwaters.

2.   Police found the body of a British man in receding floodwaters Thursday, bringing to five the confirmed death toll from heavy rains in southern Spain.

3.   Mud from receding floodwaters hampers rescue efforts, raises fear of cholera outbreak.

4.   Receding floodwaters in four provinces in the southern Philippines allowed rescuers Tuesday to distribute relief goods and save stranded villagers from rooftops and trees, officials said.

5.   Rescues in the Limpopo valley had been expected to take three or four more days, and the receding floodwaters came as a welcome respite for weary crews.

6.   Sunshine sparkled off receding Mississippi River floodwaters Friday as business owners returned to a downtown still protected by a clay-and-sandbag levee.