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Heavy rain this weekend threatening to make the situation in colorado even worse, if you can imagine that. is there any relief in sight? janice, they need a break. >> they do, and we have to get through the next couple of days and then we will have dryer conditions. however, were expecting more rain in the forecast. this is a once in a 100-year event. typically boulder, colorado sees maybe an inch of rain in a month in this area. they received close to 15 inches in such a short period of time, a...

Now the surge, which is expected to bring more flash flooding for the area. >> they are getting the word out to people in boulder that might be in the path of that surge to get out of the way. >> absolutely. lets look at the rest of the days weather. more of the same in the flood zone. flooding across the southeast and scattered storms in new england. south florida as well as southern texas. >> rain in the lone star state. 100 in phoenix. 90 in miami and chicago, and detroit 63 degrees today. ...

Safe place in lyons. that is where the citizens are being brought to. from there there are buss to transport them to other locations. >> im watching these rescues taking place, literally civilians grab be other civilians out of torrents of water that seem to appear out of nowhe nowhere, exactly the definition of flash flooding. can you get in and out of lyons safely or do you need to do this asap because by a certain time its no go. >> as a matter of fact, the water quite literally ebbs and flow...

Future. >> and plans to rebuild. >> unbelievable. governor christie doesnt know how much damage. they will wait until daylight before they try to assess and put some figure on the damage and the cause of the fire is under investigation. they are worried about putting out the hot spots. it is under control but right now the priority is making sure it stays out. >> it started at 2:00 p.m. and as of 1:30 in the morning it was still burning. hot spots under control but still a fire. >> what a shame....

Life-threatening injuries. cities still burning. right now the cause of this giant fire on the boardwalk in seaside heights, new jersey, remains unknown. across the country in boulder, colorado, a natural disaster of an entirely different kind hit that town over night when a drenching and extended rainstorm caused dramatic and very dangerous flash flooding. nbc newss miguel almaguer reported it tonight from boulder. >> flash flooding is imminent. >> reporter: a day of chaos and confusion, as tor...

Welcome back, everybody. we continue to follow the developing news out of colorado. we have a new portion of video just coming in now. national guard troops helping to evacuate people in the wake of the flash flooding there. this is in lyons, colorado. up to 25 people have been evacuated from their homes. earlier in the hour we had joe fryer on the scene saying the rains had just started to pick up again. you can see the national guardsman holding the umbrella over the person theyre loading into...

That flooding. that river cresting at its highest ever level today. and its likely going to rise about another foot or so by tomorrow. we have a pro-locked period of ongoing flooding across some the lower areas. or at least not in the mountain areas. boulder, i think some of those places are going to calm down a little bit. take a look at the pictures though that are out of here. this showing, i believe this is one of the highways, but im not sure if this is a live shot or not. let me know in my...

Appreciate your reporting and send our best to all the people in that damaged community again. speaking of communities that suffered terrible damage, how about the flooding problems that continue in colorado. three people died, their governor is asking residents to stay off of underwater roads obviously. the record setting rainfall has forced thousands of people out of their homes. more wet weather is expected throughout this day. nbcs lee ann greg live in boulder, colorado. the good news is y...

Future. >> and plans to rebuild. >> unbelievable. governor christie doesnt know how much damage. they will wait until daylight before they try to assess and put some figure on the damage and the cause of the fire is under investigation. they are worried about putting out the hot spots. it is under control but right now the priority is making sure it stays out. >> it started at 2:00 p.m. and as of 1:30 in the morning it was still burning. hot spots under control but still a fire. >> what a shame....

It is still burning right now. the cause of this giant fire on the boardwalk in seaside heights, new jersey, remains unknown. across the country in boulder, colorado, a natural disaster of an entirely different kind hit that town over night when a drenching and extended rainstorm caused dramatic and very dangerous flash flooding. nbc newss miguel almaguer reported it tonight from boulder. >> flash flooding is imminent. >> reporter: a day of chaos and confusion, as torrential rain pounds boulder,...