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New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday were left scratching their heads wondering why the state got only $15 million in federal flood protection funding.

With rain in the forecast and temperatures expected to climb up into the 60s Wednesday, there’s an elevated threat of some flooding problems.

Filing a claim for damage from the weekend Nor'easter that caused coastal flooding in New Jersey, can be just as much of an insurance headache as Superstorm Sandy caused for many, even if the flooding was only minor.

The massive winter storm that blanketed the area this past weekend is long gone, but many parts of Jersey are still digging out after the storm produced 20 to 30 inches of snow.

East Coast residents who made the most of a paralyzing weekend blizzard face fresh challenges as the workweek begins: slippery roads, spotty transit service and mounds of snow that buried cars and blocked sidewalk entrances.

Veronica Tate knew from the stench that sewage was among the 8 feet of water that swamped the basement of her ranch-style home after the nearby Meramec River overflowed. The larger concern for residents of her suburban St. Louis neighborhood is the unknown of what else the noxious blend might have contained.

Though the Mississippi River and its tributaries didn't top the 19 vulnerable levees that federal officials were monitoring, the dangers from a rare winter flood remained throughout Missouri and parts of Illinois on Wednesday.

The storms and flooding in Missouri and Illinois were the latest in a succession of severe weather events across the country that have led to at least 43 deaths in less than a week.

The threat of another hurricane in New Jersey brings up the question of who should pay for the flood insurance of those living in high risk flood zones.

MANTOLOKING, N.J. (AP) -- A new study looking back over 1,000 years finds the flooding risk along the New York and New Jersey coasts increased greatly after industrialization, and major storms that once might have occurred every 500 years could soon happen every 25 years or so.