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Flooding. president obama has signed a disaster declaration for the area. heavy rains have washed out roads, swamping cars and homes. the region is bracing for more rain today. national guard helicopters are airlifting stranded residents to safety. theyre warning residents cut off to leave or face weeks without running water and supplies and electricity. stay with msnbc for the latest. right now, stay right there, well talk about a little news from the whout, next. [ male announcer ] these days,...

Colorado arent like everyone else, right. i think we are tougher. i think were more resilient. i think were going to help each other more. >> president obama signed a disaster declaration and ordered federal aid for colorado. the action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in boulder county. the government says more counties could be added later. nbcs joe fryer is riding it out there in boulder, colorado. lets talk about the rains. have they let up a little bit or no? is it st...

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Flash floods erupted. the death toll could continue to rise in colorado. entire neighborhoods have been cut off. buildings destroyed. roads completely washed away. the city of boulder has declared a state of emergency and the national guard has been call in to help. that water just seem to be rushing by. >> reporter: it is nonstop. you can see several inches of water still on the roadways. cars making their way through. this water also kicking up a lot of did he abreu, bringing down debris like ...

♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better nights sleep ♪ >> uma: welcome back. arizona will not receive additional help follow last months horrific blaze that killed unbelievable 19 firefighters and also destroyed 100 structures there. federal government has rejected the states request for disaster declaration.

The cameras leave. and after the attention turns elsewhere your country will remain ever ready to help you recover and rebuild and reclaim your community. >> but now some people are upset because the government is denying additional money requested to help rebuild the small town. fema says the blast was not of the quote suseverity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration. here is west mayors reaction to that decision. >> i need to know what their definition of a disaster is. beca...

Responsible for providing and coordinating emergency response to disaster, refused to provide additional money to help rebuild the town of west texas. in april a fertilizer plant in west exploded killing 15 and injuring over 160. since the explosion, fema has pledged millions in aid and loans to individuals, and ada additional assistance to cover the cost of debris removal. what fema will not do is give the town of west millions to rebuild. they reveed the appeal to help but decided the explosio...

Fertilizer plant is not of severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration. but this was president obama at a memorial service for the first-responders who were killed in that blast. >> be there, even after the cameras leave. and after the attention turns elsewhere. your country will remain ever ready to help you recover and rebid and reclaim your community. [applause] >> reporter: we should mention that individuals who live in west, texas, have been getting money from fema but...

Character ties federal governments response so far? >> its been good. weve had fema personnel on the ground. we have the administrator who came here. we appreciate that. we anticipate that well be getting our federal share for our disaster declaration in. hopefully tomorrow. we need to get these communities reimbursed. there is a tremendous. a expense for overtime when you think about this. >> how long do we think it might take? you look at images like. this literally thousands of cars are stack...

Directly impacted by mondays tornado. right now fema has more than 400 personnel on the ground here trying to support the response. trying to make sure survivors get the federal assistance made available by the disaster declaration signed by president obama. now, the white house says the president is being updated on the tornado response throughout the day today. homeland security chief janet napolitano was going to come today to get a firsthand look at the destruction. well hear from her in a l...