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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...

Latest. alicia? >> reporter: hi martha. one of those towns is lyons, colorado. the national guard is finally getting into that area. it is under mandatory evacuation. the roads have been washed out so no one has been able to get in or out. emergency management hopes to get into the area. to get food and water to the town that has been cut off. mud and water is taking over homes. a man was trapped overnight in his bedroom as it filled with water. he survived. >> we got a call that there was a wal...

Flooding in colorado is being called biblical. when you see the pictures i dont you will understand why. record rainfall has turned towns into islands, walls of water 20 feet high traveled swift through through mountain canyons. now that the sun is up, the colorado national guard is starting to evacuate the entire town of lyons, colorado, all 2,000 residents. overnight rains combined with rushing floodwaters have cities, school districts and businesses shut down again today. president obama has ...

They did that by digging up some of this new boardwalk, new since hurricane sandy ruined it. they tore up the new boardwalk to try and create a break. then the fire jumped that break because of these flying embers. they had to create a second break. it was that second break four blocks north of here that finally stopped it. >> chris welch in new jersey for us, thank you very much. horrendous situation there. lets get back to the terrible flooding in colorado right now. weve reconnected with geor...

Right now help is arriving for people in colorado trying to escape raging floodwaters. the national guard is evacuating people from the town of lyons which has been cut off by flooding. also right now, business owners along the jersey shore are picking up the pieces. devastating fire destroying an area of the iconic boardwalk ta recently reopened after superstorm sandy. and right now, crucial talks on the crisis in syria are in day two. secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister ...

15 inches of rain. the situation is becoming increasingly desperate. its remarkably dangerous for the people and rescuers. as youre about to see, a dam in big thompson canyon, just about lyons, is just one of five thats being overtopped with alarming veracity. look at that. that is a dam. normally it is not active. look at this. so clearly when that happens, everyone below is in a lot of trouble. that water is all racing downhill, straight for boulder, colorado. the city of boulder, colorado. ge...

Have been cut off. overnight, residents along boulder creek were warned to get to higher ground for fear of this. fast-moving water carrying dangerous debris, steadily rising, emergency crews struggled with relentless rain throughout the night. as historic flooding has devastated the area around boulder, colorado. rescuers spent thursday evacuating the worst-hit neighborhoods, getting people and pets to safety. in the small town of lyons, officials described the scene as a 500-year flood. many r...

It was a race against the clock, rescuers finally pulling him to dry land. >> fortunately the windows were up and they had a good air pocket in the vehicles and we were able to break the window and get him out. >> reporter: a lot of people are dealing with this as best they can. one situation the other day at the corner of 16th and lyons, or 16th and iris i should say right there we saw this family doing everything they could, they brought buckets, they brought boards trying to stop this flow of...

Enough to use our light-medium tactical videos, the lmtvs. three feet of high water clearance that can carry ten people in the back quite safely with their personal baggage and house pets. we have 21 of those vehicles up in lyons right now, running shuttles into the town, bringing the people back to a safe, warm, dry staging airy. >> thats the issue. how do you determine who to get first? we look at these pictures, there are spotted homes all along the rushing rivers that look like they can be t...

Pulling the car upright. they break a window and suddenly a hand appears. a man trapped alive and under water for one hour. >> the car was filling up with water and as soon as he opened the back door, another fell on top of his car. pinned him under water. >> reporter: as they hands him a life vest, the car tumbles. finally they pull him free. miraculously all the injuries were minor. the deluge washed out roads and train tracks, causing dams to fail. cutting off rescue teams from lyons and jame...