Sustained storms dropping over six inches of heavy rain in and around the ski commuter and college town of Boulder, Colorado, killing three people, flooding dorms at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and completely cutting off the small town of Lyons. The UC-Boulder campus was closed today after water from Boulder Creek damaged 40 buildings consisting of a quarter of the campus. Flooding was spotted along a 130 mile stretch between Colorado Springs and an area north of Fort Collins, and several canyon neighborhoods near Boulder were placed under mandatory evacuation orders, as the rain is expected to continue through the weekend. Some intrepid Boulder locals (or fools, depending on your persuasion) whipped out some inner tubes and went whitewater tubing down the flooded bikepaths at three in the morning last night, and apparently even the Coast Guard has been dispatched to the landlocked state:
To put it in perspective, news just reported that Coast Guard is being dispatched to CO. #boulderflood
— Holly Bennett (@hollywoo2) September 12, 2013
This is Broadway right now. There is a bike path under there #boulderflood pic.twitter.com/bttEJaFZhu
— Stefan Codrescu (@smchaha) September 12, 2013
Wow. Photo, story of severe flooding, fatality in Jamestown, near Boulder #boulderflood http://t.co/apTVghPirD pic.twitter.com/ejhEodxhaJ
— Neal Rogers (@nealrogers) September 12, 2013
· Flash floods kill at least 3 in Colorado [USA Today]