They are now calling this a "One hundred year storm". The rain is still coming down, still saturating the entire area within a 100 mile radius of Denver. At first all of the rain was great - it had been hot and dry for most of the previous month, so when the heavy cloud cover brought cooler temperatures, most people were happy.
However, with the light rain becoming consistently torrential, the area began to suffer extensive damage. Roads and bridges have been washed out, and flooding has taken it's toll on nearly every community in the Northeastern corner of Colorado.
As I write this there are Flood and Flash Flood warnings for nearly every county along the front range. Rivers and lakes are reaching historic levels. Usually, high intensity storm systems like this dissipate quickly, but that does not seem to be the case with this one. This storm has been lingering since Tuesday, the 10th, and is not expected to lighten up until tomorrow evening.
So many roads, both major highways and minor side streets, have been closed due to damage caused by sinkholes, Inadequate drainage, undermined roadbeds, or danger from mud and rock slides, that travel warnings have been issued by the Colorado Department of Transportation advising people not to drive anywhere unless it is absolutely necessary.
Which it is for a number of people being evacuated in various communities that are either along rivers overflowing their banks, or are actually situated on floodplains.
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