Heavy rains continued pelting Colorado through the weekend, slowing the state's efforts to fortify regions hit by “biblical floods” that struck the state early last week.
By some counts, officials said, about 700 residents who live near the foothills where the flooding hit, and across the Denver metro area, were still unaccounted for after flooding washed out major roads and highways after last week's heavy rain. Rescue efforts through the weekend had reached hundreds if not thousands.