AFP News Tuesday Colorado Flooding Update

POLS NOTE: We're receiving a great deal of traffic from readers seeking information on the historic floods impacting the state of Colorado. Here's an update on the situation via AFP News.

Death toll from Colorado floods rises to eight (via AFP) The confirmed death toll from massive floods in the US state of Colorado has risen to eight, while more than 600 people remain unaccounted for, officials said early Tuesday. Helicopters resumed search and rescue missions, helped by clearer weather after…

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AFP News Monday Colorado Flooding Update

UPDATE: If you can read this, it's time to pull out your wallet and visit HelpColoradoNow.org.

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POLS NOTE: We're receiving a great deal of traffic from readers seeking information on the historic floods impacting the state of Colorado. Here's an update on the situation via AFP News.

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Rain hinders hunt for 500 missing in Colorado floods (via AFP) Torrential rain grounded helicopters in the US state of Colorado, slowing the search for up to 500 people unaccounted for after several days of massive flooding. Officials suggested many of the victims may simply not be able to call loved ones because…

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Front Range Flooding Thread

BREAK: Entire Colorado congressional delegation has written White House, asking for emergency disaster declaration. #COflood #COpolitics

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) September 13, 2013

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The Denver Post tracks the widespread flooding along the urban Front Range:

Massive flash flooding across the Front Range of Colorado has resulted in at least two deaths, the destruction of multiple homes and several road closures Thursday morning.

The first reported fatality occurred from a collapsed structure in Jamestown said Andrew Barth, spokesman for the Boulder Office of Emergency Management.

Rain continued to pour throughout the night and morning, causing mud slides and rock slides.

And if this hair-raising rescue video from a washed-out road near Broomfield this morning doesn't make you appreciate your local first responders, we don't know what will:

Everybody stay safe and dry out there.

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