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Friday is the first of the month, which means the rent is due — even for thousands of Houstonians who are living in evacuation centers or flooded-out apartments.

Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mayor Derrick Freeman of Port Arthur, Texas, which is east of Houston and has experienced flooding as well.

Houston's mayor says many homes will remain flooded for the next 10 to 15 days as the city turns its attention to getting back to work and cleaning up. The area's oil refineries are also working to get back to capacity.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Celia Perez about her book, The First Rule of Punk for middle-grade readers. The first rule? Be yourself.

Terrence Veal, his wife, and his six children left New Orleans on the eve of Katrina's landfall. Now, 12 years later, they've had to evacuate their Houston home in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar.

In Grandville, Mich., somebody broke into Brian Richards' home. No cash or electronics were stolen, but someone took $7,000 worth of Legos. Richards had been collecting them since age 5.

Holly Neher is a high school quarterback who threw a touchdown pass in her very first varsity game, and possibly the first female to throw a touchdown pass in a high school game in Florida.

North Korea claimed to have successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb on Sunday, which would be a big development in the country's nuclear program. Also, we have the latest on the U.S. response.

Hurricane Harvey stranded thousands of cattle along the south Texas coast. Ranchers are flying hay to the animals — trying to keep them fed and alive until the animals can be rescued.