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Folks that live in this house came and woke you up this morning? >> they were slamming the garage door, yelling, "fire." >> reporter: our clayton sandell is there. >> the winds have been coming down those mountain canyons at a ferocious speed, pushing this fire into this residential neighborhood. >> reporter: and back at the 46 fire, crews battling their second major wildland fire in the last 24 hours. >> most of our crews and some of the people that i've already talked to that are out here today had minimal sleep, maybe an hour or two at best last night, and they're right back out here. >> re...

Some of the areas hardest hit by the flooding. >> reporter: just days ago, this was a desirable place to live. a small creek lined with homes and walkways, now a raging waterway. >> just listen for whistle signals. i'll tell you. i'll kind of watch the river and make sure nothing comes down at us. is this actually not the river either. this is the street. >> reporter: door by door, fema task force teams look for folks who rode out the flood in this canyon neighborhood and warn it's not safe to be here. >> house is complete. vacant. next building recon. >> reporter: it's been days since dramati...

Flooding in colorado is being called biblical. when you see the pictures i don't 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 responded by signing an emergency declaration providing federal assistance for colorado. in the mea...

See the. ic tours out of colorado this morning, you will understand why. record rainfall has turned towns into islands, walls of water 20 feet high traveled swiftly through mountain canyons and now that the sun is up the colorado national guard will evacuate the town of lyons, colorado, all 2,000 residents. overnight rains combined with rushing floodwaters have entire cities, school districts and businesses shut down again today. president obama has responded by signing an emergency declaration for all of colorado, in the meantime thousands are forced to seek higher ground or have been ordered...

the 144th running of the belmont stakes. you win the kentucky derby, the preakness, and this will be, i think, if he manages to pull this off, it will be the first time in 34 years we have the triple crown. all right. love me some technology. stay right there. more on cnn sunday morning starts right now. a wildfire bigger than the entire city of chicago is on record in new mexico. more than a quarter of a million acres burned, 1,250 people fighting it, and still, only 17% contained. it's just one of nine states on fire. plus, tuesday's wisconsin recall race has pitted party heavy...