Families begin long healing, cleanup process after Hurricane Harvey

SPRING, Texas (KGO) -- The receding water of Hurricane Harvey is allowing some residents to return home and assess the damage, as well as collect what's left of their valuables.

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ABC7 News reporter Laura Anthony traveled to Texas to assist our sister station KTRK with the lofty task of covering this devastating storm.

Watch the video in the player above to see what one family discovered when they headed home foer the first time after the historic flood.

PHOTOS: Historic flooding devastates the Houston area

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Oscar Peru of U.S. Customs and Border Protection searches for flood victims from a helicopter after torrential rains pounded the area on August 31, 2017 near Sugar Land, Texas.

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