
A road crew works on a stretch of highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Hundreds of roads in the area have been damaged or destroyed by the floodwaters that have affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile (11,655-square-kilometer) area — an area the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (AP Photo/John Wark)
The flooding situations in Eastern Colorado are still bad for the fifth day on Saturday and it is still raining.
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At a news conference, Sean Conway, a commissioner of rural Weld County said that, “This is a 500-to-1,000-year flood.”
A sixty year old woman was missing and presumed dead after witnesses saw flood waters from the Big Thompson River destroy her home in the Cedar Cove area.
At least four people are confirmed dead from the flooding and nearly 250 people are unaccounted for in two flooded counties.
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- People stand at the edge of a highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Hundreds of roads in the area have been damaged or destroyed by the floodwaters that have affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile area. (AP Photo/John Wark)
- Farm buildings stand in fields submerged by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colo., near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. The days-long rush of water from higher ground turned parts of Colorado’s expansive eastern plains into muddy swamps. (AP Photo/John Wark)
- A road crew works on a stretch of highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Hundreds of roads in the area have been damaged or destroyed by the floodwaters that have affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile (11,655-square-kilometer) area — an area the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (AP Photo/John Wark)
- An aerial view of vehicles submerged in flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/John Wark
- An aerial view of mobile homes submerged in flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/John Wark
- An aerial view of a farm house surrounded by flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/John Wark
- An aerial view of a farm house surrounded by flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/John Wark
- An aerial view shows flood waters surrounding a building structure in Longmont, Colorado September 13, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
- An aerial view shows flood waters and a washed-out road adjacent a suburban neighborhood in Lyons, Colorado September 13, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
- An aerial view of suburban streets flooded in Longmont, Colorado September 13, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
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