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Longmont. the town was hit pretty hard, the floodwaters came in and took out a lot of basements, and all of the items that were in there are now up out onto the driveways here covered in mud and dirt and a lot of the stuff is just so toxic now because of the debris thats covered in sewage and chemicals, things like that. now, its not just longmont that was hit hard. do you remember we told you about the town of jamestown? a small community in the mountains that was cut off by the floodwaters. th...

And just took all of her family memories with it. >> theres no way to save these. this is me at two months. obviously this picture is destroyed. and these are pictures of my grandmother growing up. three generations. >> now, folks here in longmont are the lucky ones. people who live in jamestown and lyons lest of here are told they wont have anything to return to because all the infrastructure was wiped away. trace? >> trace: just weeks of devastation. thank you. a man has claimed he was spont...

Going door to door, helping people move to higher ground and sometimes being turned away. heavy currents threaten to topple homes and roads connecting to towns like lyons, colorado, are washed away. >> right now the town is done, the bridges are gone. the town was literally six islands. >> theres no word. im just in shock to see my home -- ill never get the things that i own. >> reporter: the cleanup and recovery is expected to take months. although some road repairs are already underway, offici...

Helicopters were grounded by rain sunday, spending the day making their way to places where homes were toppled and swept away and the mud left its own merciless mark. >> my building is split in half with huge boulders in it and a tree that fell between the two parts of the building. its incredible. >> reporter: saving the stranded from towns like lyons, colorado, searching for the more than 400 people statewide still unaccounted for. >> largely a mathematical exercise. we dont think the number w...

Habitable. >> its ruined. the basement is gone. it stinks so bad in there, you can barely stand it. >> reporter: jeff larsons wife, nina, watched as their suv was wash add way by flooding water. >> our basement immediately started flooding at that time. i took my son and his wife, wyatt and cole, and we went to the third level with the belly boats. >> reporter: evacuated nine hours later, they consider themselves lucky. thick mud and war move through lyons, shifting entire homes from their found...

Taken after the massive flood that inundated northern and eastern colorado. returning to a devastated community. residents in longmont, seeing their homes for the first time since thursday no longer habitable. >> its ruined. the basement is gone and it stinks so bad in there, you can barely stand it. >> reporter: jeff larsons wife, nina, watched as their suv was swept away by rushing water. >> we watched it float down the road and our basement immediately started flooding at that time. i took my...

Flash floods. >> some areas in larimer county experienced a 100-year flood, others experienced a 1,000-year flood. >> reporter: this is what the region looked like from space, just days before, compared to this image taken after the massive flood that inundated northern and eastern colorado. returning to a devastated community. residents in longmont seeing their homes for the first time since thursday no longer habitable. >> its ruined. the basement is gone and it stinks so bad in there, you can...

For the national guard will attempt to reach the hard to reach remote areas. fog could create visibility issues. yesterday the rescue cruise were temporarily grounded because of the rain that created the visibility issues and some of the same national guardsmen in lyons, just north of where we are in longmont, 15 of the 51 national guardsmen remain stranded because of high waters. they were able to get pets out and residents. earlier the mayor of boulder, colorado, spoke to cnn and talked about ...

15 members of the army guard were in the lyons, colorado, working on rescue efforts when they became cut off by the rushing water. the high profile tactical vehicles were not enough for the situation they found themself in, so the army had to wait until skies cleared to get in the air to get the guard members out. authorities are trying to establish who in fact is still unaccounted for. boulder countyes asking folks if they self-evacuated or report someone who is unaccounted for and know that pe...

Welcome to "weekends with alex witt." just past 1:00 here in the east. colorado is issuing a stern warning to anyone considering staying behind. leave now or be prepared to endure weeks without electricity, running water, and basic supplies. more than 1700 people have been evacuated from laramer county and the flood zone has expanded to nearly the size of the state of connecticut. >> peoples entire lives, everything that they own just fell off of a mountain into a river and down. >> theres been ...