"Drop by drop by drop, historic rainfall across a 150-mile expanse of Colorado's Front Range turned neighborhood streams into rampaging torrents that claimed at least three lives and continued to flood homes and destroy roads into the night."
"Heavy rain returned to the region Thursday evening, threatening an equally disastrous Friday.
y the end of Thursday, thousands had been evacuated from their homes in places as far apart as Loveland, Erie and Aurora as rain-swollen creeks and rivers threatened their homes. Nearly every road heading into the foothills of Boulder, Larimer and northern Jefferson counties was blocked by floodwaters or debris. Loveland and Longmont were essentially shorn in two by road closures near the Big Thompson and St. Vrain rivers that kept residents on one side unable to cross to the other."
Jordan Steffen and Kieran Nicholson report for the Denver Post September 12, 2013.
SEE ALSO:
"Obama Approves Federal Disaster Aid for Boulder County" (Boulder Daily Camera)
"Boulder Flooding: Deadly High Waters In Northern Colorado Force Evacuations, Cause Mudslides" (AP)
"Three Dead, Thousands Evacuated in Colorado flooding " (Reuters)
"Colorado Flood: Dams Break in Larimer And Adams Counties; Overflowing in Boulder" (Denver Post)
"Dam Failure Prompts More Commerce City Evacs" (9 News)
