HOUSTON — The water has receded in some parts of the city, leaving cakes of mud, branches and garbage baking in the heat wherever the current dropped them. Along neighborhood streets, long strips of businesses sit shuttered, darkened and with stools atop tables and handwritten signs promising to reopen soon. On one dry block, a jogger ran by in the steamy Houston heat, as neighbors collected debris that had grown tangled in their lawns. In the silence, a shredded tree bobbed in the water near the tops of submerged cars. “As soon as possible, let’s get going.”For moments, along highways in Houston, it can seem as though the storm never happened.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2017 22:52 UTC