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    Flood-weary Colorado awaits more rain; 218 people remain unaccounted for

    Flood-weary Colorado awaits more rain; 218 people remain unaccounted for

    By Ben Brumfield and Nick Valencia, CNN
    updated 10:23 AM EDT, Sat September 14, 2013

    Dave Jackson closes a mailbox with his foot after delivering the mail to a home surrounded by water from the flooded Cheyenne Creek in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Friday, September 13. Flooding in Colorado has washed away roads and bridges and flooded homes. Authorities warned more rain was on the way, threatening more flooding. At least four people have been killed and 218 are unaccounted for, officials say.
    Rescue personnel search for flood victims near Fort Collins, Colorado, on September 13.
    Chris Rodes helps Fred Rob salvage a friend's belongings after floods left homes and infrastructure in a shambles in Lyons, Colorado, on September 13.
    During a break in the rain, a woman walks over a footbridge past the raging Boulder Creek in Boulder on September 13. Boulder County is one of the hardest-hit areas.

    STORY HIGHLIGHTS

    • 218 people are unaccounted for in Boulder County
    • Four deaths are reported in Colorado
    • Entire towns are cut off by devastated roadways
    • More rainfall is expected over the weekend


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    Boulder, Colorado (CNN) -- As furious waters flow through flood-devastated northern Colorado, fears and tales of devastation grow.
    At least four people have been killed and 218 are unaccounted for, officials say.
    The nightmare is far from over as the state awaits more rainfall Saturday, threatening to send swollen rivers gushing through streets choked with debris. The rain is expected to come down heavy Sunday.
    It will not be as much as the 15 inches dumped in some spots this week, but it could cause more flooding in areas where water has already receded, forecasters warned.
    Emergency management officials on Saturday were trying to reach those who are missing to ensure they are not in danger. The number of missing is expected to decrease as the effort moves forward.
    Residents got some relief Friday when rains subsided, giving a clear view of towns turned into abrupt lakes, homes and businesses inundated with muddy water and bridges devoured by raging creeks. Homes dangled off cliffs.
    In Larimer County, there were 46 medical rescues on Friday, and teams continued looking for those unaccounted for on Saturday.
    "We hope the worst has passed," John Schulz of the Larimer County Sheriff's Office said. "The water levels are receding, and it was a quiet night overall. We are expecting more rain tomorrow, but with the levels receding today we hope tomorrow is better."
    Hundreds of residents were evacuated Friday, including 162 people transported by air from Jamestown because roads to the city were impassible, Boulder County EMS spokesman Ben Pennymon said.
    Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of the four who died in the waters. Many more people are cut off by devastated roadways, and authorities don't know how long it will take to reach them.


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    Gov. John Hickenlooper warned an extensive recovery is ahead for the affected area from the state's center into the northeast.
    "This is not going to get fixed in a week," he said. "We have lost a great deal of infrastructure."
    Human toll
    Currents swept away a woman who got out of her car Thursday in Boulder County. A man jumped out of the car to save her. Both drowned.
    Authorities have recovered both bodies, said Sheriff Joe Pelle. An additional body turned up in the same county. Rescuers recovered yet another in El Paso County.
    In Denver, rushing waters swept a man into a drainage pipe with his dog. Both were saved after traveling two blocks in the water, police said.
    All the people unaccounted for were in Boulder County alone.
    "These are people whose family or friends haven't been able to reach or account for them, not necessarily in harm or dire need," said county spokeswoman Gabrielle Boerkircher.
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    President Barack Obama declared an emergency for Boulder, Larimer and El Paso counties, FEMA announced Friday. The declaration allowed FEMA to bring in four rescue teams, the largest ever deployment in Colorado, officials said.
    The clear skies allowed for an uptick in evacuations.
    National Guard troops using "high-profile" trucks to wade through water evacuated 550 people from the Boulder County town of Lyons, CNN affiliate KUSA reported.
    It had been cut off since the flooding began Wednesday night -- without water or sewer service, in many cases without electricity.
    Emotional rescues
    Melinda Villa was stranded in her apartment with her 1-month-old baby in the inundated town. She had no phone service, no water and was running out of formula and food.
    Then the National Guard arrived.
    "It just really felt like God came down and saved us," she said.
    Some had to rescue themselves.
    Catherine Smith and Mandy Stepanovsky lived in a part of Lyons that is accessible only by bridges.
    "When those became compromised -- one bridge completely blew out and the other one was very much impassible -- we started looking at other options," Smith said.
    So the couple decided to hike for 2 miles to safety -- with their eight-month-old toddler in their arms. Walking was the only way out.
    They hiked to Smith's brother's house, where they showered and ate a meal before the weather caught up with them again.
    A mudslide suddenly brought mud, debris and water through the house, Smith said. They were forced to run to higher ground.
    "It was terrifying," Smith said.
    Jonathan Linenberger described a Noah's Ark-style evacuation as he, his fiancee, four dogs and three cats greeted the National Guard truck.
    "We had to go (through) knee-deep water, at least. We had to wade our animals across into the truck to get them there," said Linenberger. "That was the first thing you can grab, your loved ones -- and that's what we have."
    The National Guard also was evacuating the entire population -- 285 people -- from the town of Jamestown by helicopter, CNN affiliate KCNC-TV reported.
    In Larimer County to the north, Sheriff Justin Smith surveyed the heavily damaged Big Thompson Canyon by air Friday. Some people remain stranded in homes there, he said, "How we're going to get them out -- it's going to take a damn long time."
    However, he said the break in the rain allowed school buses to begin evacuating students who had been stranded at a school.
    Rocky roads
    State transportation officials closed Interstate 25 from the Wyoming line south to Denver. Part of Interstate 70 also was shut down.
    They issued an emergency alert telling residents in some of the hardest-hit counties to stay off of roads because many are unstable and could give way without notice.
    From his chopper, Smith surveyed widespread damage to roads. He estimated 17 miles of Highway 34, a major artery, will need to be rebuilt.

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    Boulder, Colorado (CNN) -- Authorities who still haven't reached all the stranded victims of floods in northeastern Colorado are bracing for a new round of storms Sunday. . .
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    Parked vehicles sit partially submerged near Greeley, Colorado, on Saturday, September 14. Flooding in Colorado has washed away roads and bridges and flooded homes. Authorities warned more rain was on the way, threatening more flooding. At least four people have been killed and hundreds are unaccounted for, officials say.


    Brother and sister Eli and Noe Sura play in the mud around their Boulder, Colorado, home on September 14.


    A National Guardsman stands at South Main and Missouri streets in Longmont, Colorado, on September 14.





    Rescue personnel search for flood victims near Fort Collins, Colorado, on September 13.


    Chris Rodes helps Fred Rob salvage a friend's belongings after floods left homes and infrastructure in shambles in Lyons, Colorado, on September 13.


    During a break in the rain, a woman walks over a footbridge past the raging Boulder Creek in Boulder on September 13. Boulder County is one of the hardest-hit areas.

    Suzanne Sophocles hugs her dogs after they were rescued from her flooded home on September 13 in Boulder. Thousands of people stranded by the flood waters in Colorado were finally able to come down by trucks and helicopters, two days after seemingly endless rain turned normally scenic rivers and creeks into coffee-colored rapids that wrecked scores of roads and wiped out neighborhoods.

    Residents look at the flood damage along Topaz Street in Boulder, on September 13.


    Water rushes where a bridge collapsed in a flash flood in Lyons, on September 13.

    A man runs through the flood waters in a yard in Boulder on September 13.


    Topaz Street resident Jake Koplen stands at the edge of his driveway after the street in front of his home was washed away in Boulder on September 13.


    Brother and sister Patrick Tinsley and Mary Kerns head to Boulder from the mountain community of Magnolia, Colorado, on September 13.


    Samantha Kinzig of Longmont, Colorado, and her 5-year-old daughter Isabel take a closer look at the damaged bridge on Weld County Road 1 on September 13.


    A rubber ducky floats down Ninth Street alongside North Boulder Park in Boulder, on Thursday, September 12.


    Highway 7 is completely blown out from the South St. Vrain River as a torrent of raging water rips through it about 12 miles west of Lyons on September 12.


    A woman looks at the flooded Boulder Creek on September 12.


    Nicky Toor, 15, floats on the flooded lawn of North Boulder Park in Boulder on September 12.



    A city worker talks on his phone while surveying high water levels from Boulder Creek after flash flooding in downtown Boulder, Colorado, on September 12.


    Flash flood waters rush over a walking path in downtown Boulder on September 12.


    A man walks past the swelled Boulder Creek in Boulder on September 12.


    People stand at the edge of floodwaters in Boulder on September 12.


    A dive rescue team moves toward floodwaters in Boulder on September 12.


    STORY HIGHLIGHTS

    • NEW: More than 17,000 residential structures have been damaged; some 1,500 destroyed
    • NEW: "It's funny the things you think are important," says one evacuee
    • Another person is presumed dead, which could bring the overall death toll to six


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