 This is NPR News from Washington. In the Twin Cities, I'm Phil Picardi for NPR News. As floodwaters rise in some communities across the region, it's receding in others. There, cleanup and recovery work is underway. That includes Mankato, where officials gathered yesterday at a dump site for wrecked carpeting and furniture. Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan said it was tough to see residents bringing in personal belongings destroyed in the floodings.