While many parts of Upstate New York were impacted in the flood, Pennsylvania's Northern Tier didn't escape the damage. Parts of Bradford County with lower elevation, like Sayre and Athens, saw water levels several feet high. Megan Zhang takes a look at the effects of the flood that can still be felt today in Bradford County.

SAYRE, Pa. -- A neighborhood in Sayre looks pretty different than it did before the floods of 2006 and 2011. And a lot of the old faces aren't in the area anymore.

"When you have seven feet of water in your first floor, everything is just gone, destroyed. What happened was a lot of them simply sold the house," said Valley Relief Council co-founder Daniel Polinski.

For those who stayed after the 2011 flood, local residents banded together to form the Valley Relief Council, to help rebuild homes.

"We had help come from not only our local communities but from far away, faith-based groups who came and really assisted in getting people back into their homes, and that was hugely important for getting this community up and running again," said Polinski.

Volunteers from as far as Hawaii and Chicago came to help flood relief efforts. Many locals also donated furniture, and nearby restaurants brought free food.

"Asked us if we could do away with some food, well, we ended up volunteering and donating the food. And I think it was rewarding in the end, and we're all still friends over that," said Beeman's Restaurant manager Michelle Lane.

Now that the people of Sayre and Athens have been through two floods together, they know they'll help each other out if it ever happens again.

"We're far better off in terms of what we know has to happen as soon as the flood occurs, what we know of the long-term impacts and how you deal with that, and having at least the human resources in place to be able to deal with that kind of a problem again," said Polinski.

And while the flood was devastating, it brought the community together in a way that only hardship can.

"A lot of people came together in the darkest hours and helped each other and did a lot of things, and I think, made life-long friends," said Lane.