historic flooding in colorado september 2013
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Historic mountain flooding in colorado after a hot, dry summer marked by drought and wildfires September, 15, 2013. Miles from the Rocky Mountains, debris-filled rivers became muddy seas that overflowed banks and extended into towns and inundated farms Presentation courtesy of Dr Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster ReductionTRANSCRIPT
FLOODWATERS: BOULDER, CO.
Historic mountain flooding in colorado after a hot, dry summer marked by drought and wildfires
september, 15, 2013
RECORDS SET IN 1919 BROKEN AFTER WEEK-
LONG RAINFALL
BOULDER HIT ESPECIALLY HARD
BOULDER
Boulder, with a population of about 100,000, is located 25 miles (40 km) northwest of
Denver and sited at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of
5,430 feet (1,655 m).
IMMEDIATE IMPACTS
• WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
• UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CLOSED
• SCHOOLS CLOSED
• MUDSLIDES
• INUNDATION
• ISOLATED MTN. COMMUNITIES
• FOOD AND WATER DEPLETED
Miles from the Rocky Mountains, debris-filled rivers became
muddy seas that overflowed banks and extended into towns
and inundated farms
DEBRIS-FILLED RIVERS
CUMMULATIVE IMPACTS(To Date)
• $ 150 MILLION IN DAMAGES
• THOUSANDS EVACUATED
• COMMUNITIES ISOLATED
• NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVATED
• FEDERAL ASSISTANCE APPROVED
• 1,200 STRANDED
• AT LEAST 5 DEAD
FLOODWATERS: BOULDER, CO.
FLOODING
FLOODING
ROADS DESTROYED
MUDSLIDE: BOULDER, CO.
AIRLIFTING
CONTINUING RAINFALL EXACERBATES RESCUE
OPERATIONS