Colorado Continues Cleanup After Floods

As the flood waters slowly recede, Colorado continues to clean up from the disaster which killed seven.

Eighty-two people are still unaccounted for, but it is unclear if they just have not been in contact or are actually missing.

Nearly six thousand people are still under mandatory evacuations, due to the flood waters.

Some areas are still without running water, while Lyons' water tested positive for E. coli contamination.

Nearly two thousand homes and more than two hundred business were destroyed.

Over sixteen thousand homes and almost eight hundred business were damaged.

Several hundred miles of roadway and around sixty bridges were damaged or destroyed, making
travel still difficult.

Flooding also caused several oil tanks to leak more than twenty-two thousand gallons, into water systems.

Adams, Boulder, Clear Creek, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld Counties have been declared major disaster areas by FEMA.

Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Fremont, Morgan, Pueblo, and Washington Counties have been declared disaster areas by the government agency.

Officials are estimating total damages at over two hundred and fifty million dollars.