4 Dead, 80 Missing After Colorado Floods

National Guard members help residents evacuate.

Four people are dead and eighty more are missing after Colorado's floods. Two of the deaths and all of the missing are from Boulder County. Governor Hickenlooper declared Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Pueblo, Washington, and Weld Counties to be disaster areas.

As the weather cleared helicopters were able to take off, Friday morning, and assess the damage. However some areas are seeing more rain on Friday evening, with more possible on Saturday. The record rain fall could leave some areas under water for at least a week.

Lyons, Colorado on Friday

Members of the National Guard spent Friday morning evacuating Lyon's entire population of two thousand. The town was completely surrounded by water, which knocked out phones and electrical service and contaminated water supplies. Access to the town was only possible with high clearance National Guard trucks. Five hundred people from Eldorado Springs were also evacuated by the Guard. Allenspark and Jamestown are also completely surrounded by waters, but there are no plans to evacuate them, at this point.

Three thousand people in Commerce City were told to evacuate, due to a partial breach in the dam at Rocky Mountain National Arsenal Wildlife Preserve. Residents of Boulder Canyon were also told they must evacuate, due to the severe threat of flash flooding. Parts of Aurora, Estes Park, Erie, Evergreen, Firestone, Fort Collins, Frederick, Greeley, Lafayette, Longmont, Loveland, and Milliken have also been evacuated. Other areas, including Berthoud, Boulder, Drake, and Windsor were placed on preevacuation notice.

Highway 34 in Big Thompson Canyon

Roads from Colorado through Denver and Aurora to Fort Collins were damaged or destroyed by the flooding, including Interstate 25, which remains closed from Highway 7 to the Wyoming border. Rocky Mountain National Park was closed to the public, except for residents of Estes Park who should decide to leave the town, as the road through the park is currently the only access available. Some roads may not open for weeks.

Throughout the flooded areas, thousands of homes are damaged and hundreds destroyed. At least a quarter of the CU Boulder campus was damaged. Schools, post offices, and other government buildings, throughout the region, were closed on Friday, with some unsure if they'd be open Monday.

Striking Teachers and Police Clash in Mexico City

Hundreds of teachers clashed with riot police in Mexico City, on Friday.

Teachers went on strike demanding that recent education reforms, which require them to undergo performance evaluations, be canceled.

They had been protesting in Zocalo Square and been given a deadline of Friday to be out, as the government needs to decorate the square for Monday's Independence Day celebrations.

Most of the protesters left peacefully, before the deadline, however some did stay.

As police moved in, the teachers began throwing bottles, rocks, gas bombs, and anything else they could at the officers.

Police, backed by helicopters and tanks, responded with water cannon and tear gas.

By Friday evening the square was cleared and decorations were already being putting up.

Human Chain Formed in Cataloina to Support Leaving Spain

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans formed a human chain across Cataloina, on Friday.

Four hundred thousand had signed up to be part of the chain, but many more showed up to take part.

Organizers claim that the actual number was near four times the amount of people who had signed up.

The chain stretched from the French border, to the neighboring region of Valenica.

They were showing their support for Cataloina to separate from Spain and become it's own country.

With a population of seven million, the region is one of the wealthiest in Spain, producing a fifth of the country's wealth.

Many Catalans are tired of paying more than what they see as their fair share, as the rest of the country has major debt.

Regional president Artur Mas is attempting to have a referendum asking Catalans if they should leave Spain and form their own country.

Spain has called such a referendum "unconstitutional".

Psychiatric Hospital Fire Kills 37 in Russia

Thirty-seven people were killed when a fire tore through a psychiatric hospital in Luka, Russia.

Friday's early morning fire destroyed the nearly two hundred year old building.

Authorities say that it was most likely set by a patient.

An investigation is underway to attempt to determine if it was an accident or not.

1 Killed in Protests in Egypt

Egyptian protesters clashed with each other, in multiple cities, on Friday.

Supporters of former president Morsi were met by anti Morsi and in several cases it ended in violence.

When it did, police and security forces broke up the fighting and then chased both groups away.

One person was killed in Alexandria, but it was unclear to which side they belonged.

In some cities the protesters stayed peaceful and neither side was bothered by the security forces.

3 Egyptian Soldiers Killed in Sinai

Three Egyptian soldiers were killed in the Sinai, on Friday.

All three were part of Egypt's offensive to rid the region of militants.

They were each killed in a separate incident, showing that the militants aren't going peacefully.

One was killed in Abu Tawila, another in al-Mahdya, and the third in Sheikh Zwaid.

Egypt's military has stopped releasing information on how many militants are killed, wounded, or arrested.

However, they do continue to brag about the number of weapons, ammunition, bombs, rockets, and Islamist books that they confiscate.

Mosque Bombing Kills 33 in Iraq

Thirty-three people were killed when a bomb tore through a Sunni mosque, in Iraq.

Another forty-five were wounded in the Umm al-Adham mosque.

Authorities say that the bomb had been hidden in the mosque's air conditioner.

In a separate incident two soldiers were killed and two wounded when a roadside bomb exploded, near Mosul.

Taliban Attacks US Consulate in Herat

Nine people were killed when Taliban forces attacked the US consulate in Herat, Afghanistan.

Friday's attack began in the morning when two suicide car bombers blew up both their vehicles, outside the consulate.

The explosions were followed by gunmen attacking the compound.

US security forces were able to keep them from entering the consulate's grounds, without loss to themselves.

An Afghan police officer and security guard were among the victims, of the attack, with the other seven being the attackers themselves.

At least a dozen more were injured by either the explosion or the following gun fight.

In a separate incident, four police officers and three Afghan army personnel were injured when a suicide car bomber approached their checkpoint, in Paktika province.

They were suspicious of the vehicle and opened fire when the driver refused to stop.

The driver then detonated his explosive laden vehicle before reaching the checkpoint.