The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rejected buyouts for 33 Vermont properties damaged by Tropical Storm Irene and spring flooding last year.

The state this week is continuing Tropical Storm Irene flood updates and community recovery tours. Emergency management and community development officials on Monday will visit Rochester.

Jon Graham and Beth Frock, whose Rochester home was destroyed by a brook that overran its banks during Tropical Storm Irene, are coping with the long road to recovery.

Six weeks after Irene's flooding, Rochester residents are still searching for remains of people whose graves were ripped up by raging waters.

Across the state Saturday, Vermonters have been trying to lend a hand to flood victims. Red Cross officials in the state say that -- as generous as Vermonters are being -- donations of materials goods are difficult to sort and match with people who need them.