Floodwaters Can Be Deadly Without Taking A Sip
Even without taking a sip, some bacteria in floodwaters can be deadly.
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Even without taking a sip, some bacteria in floodwaters can be deadly.
Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park have reopened to visitors but it's still pretty messy in the aftermath of flooding.
When disaster strikes our state Coloradans are always ready to help those in need. That was evident on Wednesday during the Colorado Flood Relief telethon.
Those evacuated by helicopter from cutoff neighborhoods in Larimer County totaled only eight as hundreds of those trapped refused to leave their homes.
Surging waters in Colorado swept away barns, silos and fences and left houses covered in mud in this northern agricultural town. The flood waters were so powerful they uprooted irrigation pipes and spread them around the fields here, leaving lakes next to which cattle now graze.
Union Pacific railroad is repairing flood-damaged tracks in Colorado, and working to protect its main line crossing Nebraska as the floodwaters flow east into the Plains.
Damage from flooding in far northeastern Colorado has been limited so far but more water is still coming.
The nation now has 40 new citizens after they took an oath on top of Colorado National Monument.
Airlifts gave way to door-to-door searches Wednesday for victims injured and killed in the flood-scarred Colorado foothills, as authorities began ramping down emergency operations and beginning the "long and arduous" recovery phase.
The Royal Mobile Home Park in Longmont was hit hard by the flood waters of the St. Vrain River last week. The park sits only a few yards from the river and it remains closed.
A new problem since last week's historic flooding has surfaced for people in some homes in Boulder. It is not only mud filling their homes, but raw sewage.
Nederland residents attended a community meeting on Tuesday where the issue of accessibility to and from the community was the main focus.
For a lot of Colorado flood evacuees the biggest concern they have is getting back to their homes to see what's left.
Hundreds of people are still waiting to be rescued from canyons and mountainous terrain in western Larimer County after Colorado's historic flooding, but there are some who say they don't want to leave.
Free tetanus shots are being offered for Colorado flood victims and rescuers.
