A colony of beavers was re-introduced into the city of London to combat flooding at a railway station. As CBS News' Leigh Kiniry reports, the animals had been hunted to extinction in the city around 400 years ago, but three years after the Ealing Beaver Project brought them back, the industrious animals have created reservoirs to successfully prevent floods nearby.

A dog was rescued from the back of a pickup truck after its driver became stranded in floodwaters in Rocksprings, Texas, on Thursday, October 1. The El Paso Fire Department said the The dog was taken to dry ground and was not reported to have been injured. A flash flood warning was in effect for Rocksprings at the time, according to the National Weather Service.