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Has been getting through floodwaters. just watch as people try to get through. it looks like they are being pounded by the waves there right up to the windshield. >> why dont you slow down. >> lets go ten miles to the northeast of that town to a place called lyons. more than 800 people including children have been rescued, many by air by the national guard. while flood levels have dropped today, the threat is far from over. >> the intense operation in the air and on the ground will continue toda...

Foothills beginning saturday afternoon and continuing through late sunday. >> so you say theres less water but still an awful lot of water. some people are stranded in their homes. in other cases, reportedly, more than 200 people are reported missing. in large part, is it right, nick, because its difficult to contact people, whether it be by cell phone or even find out if theyve been displaced? >> thats correct. we currently have more than 200 people unaccounted for in boulder county. this means...

11:00 eastern. of course, well bring that to you live. you just heard nick talk about the fact that, thankfully, the rain did kind of let up a little bit overnight. it allows first responders to catch their breath at this point a bit. but theres another deluge expected today. so lets get on the phone with boulder colorados sarah hundley, a spokeswoman for boulders office of emergency management. sarah, thank you so much for being with us. first of all, let me ask you. what is your most urgent ...

This whole town is going to rally behind everyone who has lost their homes. >> youre pretty sure shes coming in on a flight with your dad? >> yeah. we dont know if it will be tonight or tomorrow. were kind of waiting for word. were here at the airport and no one has really been able to tell us whether theyre going to continue tonight or start tomorrow. >> im so glad that they are safe and getting out of there. katy, thank you so much. i wish you the best to your and your family. >> thank you. ...

Were closely watching, were expecting rain in the mountains. so were closely watching the rain and monitoring the river. >> the threat of more rain, i know that was the concern a few hours ago. how real is that threat right now? >> its still very real. were cautiously optimistic. but any additional rain with these flowing rivers right now is going to have a significant impact in our community. well have resources ready. were going to be staffing our eoc center throughout the evening and well be ...

Of those trapped areas. in fact, the national guard has been extremely busy today assisting local and state authorities in getting into the areas that were completely cut off 24 hours ago. and weve spoken to those residents, many of them brought here to this church in longmont where they were rescued from the national guard. theyre talking about the relief they feel now that they have food, fresh water, electricity, all things they didnt have when they were trapped up in lyons. weve also heard o...

Back many 1976. -- in 1976. you mentioned there are entire communities that are cut off. the town of lyons, 2,000 people, is under hand tear evacuation -- mandatory advantage wakes, however, they cant get out of there, and rescuers cant get to them. so the national guard is going in with 14 high profile vehicles to try to get those folks out of that town because the roads are all washed out. emergency officials here many colorado are telling people, stay off the roads, and the governor is tellin...

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...

Framework, matrix of information we have to collect. thats a big part of the response to a major disaster like this is making sure we get all the information together as we submit those requests. certainly i have not seen final numbers for the accumulation of -- you probably know this more than i. i have not seen it, the total rain. it has got to be the largest storm i can imagine in the states history. >> with so much happening right now, resources are spread out, this morning, is there a top p...

Injuries or deaths, and were going to hear from the governor live in the next hour of "newsroom." well of course bring his speech to you. stories were watching in "the newsroom" at 32 minutes past the hour the national guard is evacuating the entire town of lyon, colorado, after flooding described as biblical. in 30 minutes the governor of colorado will bring an update on the situation. flash flood warning remains in place for boulder creek as more rain is forecast across the region. in the ...