MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay may be gone but the rain remains.

And for some, that could be a good thing.

Flooding left behind forced residents in parts of northern Florida out of their homes Sunday. But in other states, the rain brings hopes of some drought relief.

In Huntsville, Ala., National Weather Service senior forecaster Andy Kula said the five-day rainfall projection through Friday — 6 to 7 inches south of the Tennessee River and 3 to 4 inches north of the river — would spread out and was not expected to create a flood problem.

“We need something like this to recharge the soil. It probably won’t be a total drought-buster,” Kula said.