Sunday, September 15, 2013

The missing are being reported as somewhere between 250 and 500.

Further rain expected as rescue workers use boats and helicopters to reach residents (click here)

September 14, 2013

Relentless rains pounded flood-ravaged eastern Colorado for another day, triggering more evacuations and warnings as rescuers tried to reach thousands of people displaced or stranded by the deluge that has been blamed for at least four deaths.

Flooding from days of unprecedented rainfall in the semi-arid region has destroyed homes and closed or washed out bridges and roads from mountain canyons from metropolitan Denver to the eastern plains.
A surge from swollen rivers and creeks has flooded downstream farming counties in northeastern Colorado, prompting the evacuation yesterday of several towns along the South Platte River...