At least eight people are dead and many more are still unaccounted for after nearly a week of heavy rains and catastrophic floods that devastated communities along Colorado’s Front Range and northeastern plains.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from towns cut off by rising rivers and streams, many by helicopter and National Guard convoys. Cities became islands, cut off on all sides by downed bridges, flooded highways and mudslides. Chinook helicopters rescued hundreds of residents from Lyons, Jamestown and other foothill areas inaccessible by car.