Binghamton, N.Y. - Water is slowly receding from neighborhoods in Broome County.
But thousands of people are still not able to stay in their flooded homes.
Juan Bieppa pointed how high the water rose on the side of his Tudor Street home.
"As tough as it is, what we have is just to make it by," Bieppa said. "Nobody has flood insurance."
People swept away mud and water from sidewalks in front of their homes, trying to cleanup.
"Everybody is without a furnace now, people are without hot water tanks," Bieppa said. "They're destroyed. What do we do? How do we get help?"
Across the city of Binghamton, hoses and pumps sprayed water into the streets from flooded homes and businesses.
Kenneth Wilkes returned to his flooded home to grab some clothes and other items.
"It's like a ghost town," Wilkes said. "Everybody evacuated, everybody is out of here."
More water may have rushed into the city if not for temporary flood walls erected in the city.
Some people are surveying the flood waters and taking pictures to remember the historic flooding.
The Susquehanna River crested Thursday night at 11 feet above flood stage.
