- Colorado Floods Leave Thousands Stranded (Sept. 12): Flash floods around Boulder, Colorado cause massive damage, cutting off highways, destroying at least 19,000 homes and killing at least three people. University of Colorado's main campus is closed and five hundred students and staff members are ordered to evacuate. The flooding is due to heavy rains producing record levels of rainfall. Officials expect the death toll to rise. (Sept. 15): More rain in the area complicates the rescue effort. The death toll rises to six people. More than 800 people are unaccounted for in Boulder and Larimer Counties. During a CNN Television interview, Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper says, "There are many, many homes that have been destroyed. A number have been collapsed, and we haven't been in them yet. So we're still dealing with that. How do we save lives first?"
Read more: September 2013 Current Events: Disasters & Science News | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/news/2013/current-events/science-disasters_sept.html#ixzz2flgvRtB1
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