A New York Monsoon

NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) — Communities across the U.S. are drying out after unusually heavy rainsswamped highways, flooded basements and were blamed for at least four deaths.

On Long Island, New York, round-the-clock recovery continues after a record 13.26 inches of rain fell early Wednesday morning.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder issued a disaster declaration for the Detroit area after rain and mud closed stretches of freeway.

And a slow-moving storm lashed communities from Maryland to New England.

The storm dumped varying amounts of rain as it passed over the Northeast.

New York City ranged from under an inch in Central Park to over 3 inches at Kennedy Airport. But parts of New Jersey also got more than 7 inches. Several homes were evacuated in Millville, New Jersey, because of flooding.

Baltimore got 6.3 inches, its highest rain total since 1933 and the second-highest since measurements were first taken in 1871.