taste of fall, thundershowers moving quickly off the foothills, mainly rain and lightning, not a lot of hail today. may not be done with the rain yet. even with the front dropping south we still have the chance for showers the next three hours. the threat for severe weather growing outside of omaha, wichita, chicago and st. louis, multiple tornado reports. i'll have more coming up. in the meantime futurecast shows mostly cloudy skies, showers ending, rain and snow temperatures tonight drop like a rock, 60s between now and 7:00, grab a light jacket and umbrella if you are heading out. you'll need it again tomorrow. we'll see clearing tonight. we have another round of showers and storms tomorrow. you'll love what we have to say about the weekend and this time of the week who isn't thinking about the weekend, right? >> i sure am, though i do like the sweater weather.

the hayden pass fire burn scar in fremont county was hit with flooding last night. county road 40 was closed because of mud and water across the road. locals can get in and out, but that's about it. the sheriff's office posted the pictures to their facebook showing the damage. people who live in the area say they are thankful they don't have to face this alone. >> everybody is willing to help a neighbor. you'll probably see that he hadding somebody else before -- see that helping somebody that's just a huge, huge blessing to have up here. >> there are no reports of homes with major damage at this point. the number of dead continues to rise in central italy. workers are trying to find survivors in the aftermath of a 6.2 6.2 magnitude earthquake

died. the town is little more than flattened scattered buildings. the area with the most damage is a popular local tourist spot. people reported feeling tremors from nearly 100 miles away in rome. president obama has been in contact with italy's president and the u.s. state department is working to provide assistance to any americans who may be there. two other significant earthquakes happened overnight, one in central myanmar, the other off indonesia. an assistant procedure in geophysics at the colorado school of mines says it's not a surprise, although it's unusual. >> the cluster of earthquakes that have just made the news are in no way unusual. we actually have around 200 earthquakes every year on average of about this magnitude. it just seems to be kind of chance that they happened on

>> the professor says because the earthquakes were so far apart geographically, they probably were not related. many myanmar the earthquake registered 6.8 and killed at least four people. at least one person dead, 20 others hurt after an attack on american university in afghanistan in kabul. gunmen attacked the university with explosives and gunfire. it started around 6:30 p.m. local time. officials say security forces are still combing the area searching for attackers. no one has claim the responsibility. islamic militant groups have recently claimed a string of attacks aimed at destabilizing the country and toppling the western backed government. dozens of people are living in shelters after the denver international youth hostel was shut down tuesday in violation

those violations are. 9news reporter nick mcgill spoke to a hand them of those who have been displaced. they say they have no place to go. >> nobody explained anything. they said get your belongings and get on the bus. you got 15 minutes to grab your belongings and get on the bus. railroad murphy and dozen -- >> reporter: pressure if i and dozens of others were -- murphy and dozens of others evacuated from the hostel. >> it kind of blew me away. >> reporter: the task force made up of different agencies including the fire department shut down the hostel after finding what they called serious safety violations, basically saying the hostel was unlivable. >> we knew it wasn't the hilton, but we thought being that we paid our rent everything was up to code, that it was copacetic. >> reporter: the hostel

to stay while this man got back on his feet. >> this is throwing out a major hiccup for us to help somebody to do that. >> reporter: it was the one place tarhonda moore could afford while also paying for school. >> now i'm like sol, but i'm very thankful for the red cross. >> reporter: the salvation army and red cross are providing shelter, but the displaced's future is uncertain. at is unknown. >> there's not really any clear communication where to go from this point forward and that's all we're really looking for. >> reporter: in denver nick mcgirl, 7news. >> the owner of the hostel told 9news he's correct that all the violations in the past, didn't think these were that serious. he said those who paid their rent will get their money back. the sedgwick county sheriff sexually assaulted an inmate he

tom hannah made her take off her clothes and toughed her inappropriately at his house and threatened her with prison time if she told anyone and gave her $60. he said he put $20 on the inmate's jail account because he had a big heart. sexual misconduct in a correctional institute, solicitation and official misconduct are the charges. a judge set bond for hannah at a quarter million dollars an monitor. we have more on 9news.com about the case. a suspect who led boulder police on a manhunt lasting over eight hours is in custody recovering from a head wound. officers arrested russell daniels this morning. he fired four shots at officers last night and took off. police closed several streets overnight to look for him. it appears he shot himself at some point. daniels has a long criminal

its schools. in a memo sent to teachers lead testing started this week to span over the next few weeks sampling drinking fountains, kitchen food prep and lounge and other water used in the schools. last week high levels of lead were found in drinking fountains and sinks in the district. the testing so far shows most lead. a reminder not to play pokemon go while working, especially if you're on duty. last wednesday the commerce city training officers were caught using their apps on the job. friday the officers were taken off training duty. the spokeswoman says the officers did not lose their jobs. last week the department of justice launched a review into the commerce city police department after two officers

one for staging his own shooting and another accused of inappropriately touching women at traffic stops. a popular business will >> surf up in metro denver where you can hit the waves on the south platte. >> the sun finally place an appearance late this afternoon at least in some parts of town.

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thornton. the city approved the new entertainment complex in a meeting last night to be built near i-25 and 136th avenue. some people are welcoming the added entertainment in the area, but naysayers at stthe business will be too big and noisy. topgolf has the said when it -- has not said when it wants to sanchez spent some time at the south platte. >> reporter: it's crunch time for construction crews. >> all this machinery is going to be away from the project. >> reporter: in just hours the first phase of the new south platte river run project with its beaches, sprawling landscape and event venue will become a surf spot. >> what better place than to be down at the river around the water?

manager ben nielsen you can take the guy out of california and you know the rest. >> i try not to talk the surfer speak too often. >> reporter: the project is part of a 1 mile revamp of the i, a 14 million -- of the river, a $14 million publicly funded plan with the idea of turning the urban waterway something special. alex mauer decided to hit the waves early. >> you'll see the surf take off and open a lot of doors for people who dreamed of surfing but couldn't because they live in a land locked state. intertubers, kayakers, stand-up

and life vest. it might not be a water park, but for nielsen it's just as fun. river run park officially opens thursdays. you're thinking fall is just around the corner, then winter, don't worry. this park is open year-round. >> we'll see you there in january. the new park is next to the broken tee golf course. it is free to the public. >> goes over well. rf temperatures were around 60. the rain, however, will move

severe weather has caused major damage in indiana in the central part of the state. a starbucks was flattened at a local mall. a large tornado was reported on power lines. a tornado watch remains in effect there until 9:00 tonight. so the few showers we had earlier today, maybe we should be grateful. >> it's all about perspective. the sun is finally out for the first time all day and it feels good because it's breezy and brisk in the 9news backyard. we've held in the 60s most of the afternoon.

the sun coming out. there's snow way up high above timberline and up at loveland those of you getting ready to go skiing, first dusting of snow up there, this is a live look of rain and snow and now the sun coming out at the loveland ski area, beautiful in denver now, bodes well for the your evening commute. our high 68 degrees, well below the average of 86 and nowhere near the record. at the airport this hour we've and a cool 62 degrees, similar to the number here in the backyard, although the wind is kicking up as well a bit. the winds are out of the west helping to scour out this moisture. we do anticipate another round of shower and storms infant next 24 to 36 hours. keep -- storms in the next 24 to 36 hours of keep the jacket and umbrella handy. a little wind as they track onto the eastern plains, all part of a front dropping south along the front range, low

we're seeing all this moisture increase from the south to the north and off to the east where we're dealing with severe weather. the threat for tornadoes is around cincinnati and st. louis, heavy, hail producing thunderstorms in wichita and omaha. we'll see strongest storms, who will pull them over and set up over colorado and the midwest. where it sill be warmer is severe weather tomorrow. you have mid-70s in denver and mid-90s in tulsa, so right along that line is where we'll see some of the strongest storms form. we'll have clearing later on tonight, should have some sunshine tomorrow, low clouds and fog on the far eastern plains and moisture over the higher terrain and a line of storms public over denver between 3:00 and 6:00 tomorrow.

after a very cool start temperatures rebel, 81 in grand junction, 75 in denver, 80 in pueblo tomorrow, front range foothills 63 in blackhawk and 64 in grand lake. our low 40 neighbor, a chance of a little rain and thunder yet this evening. more sunshine tomorrow, warmer, drier, -- 49, a little rain and thunder yet this evening. more sunshine tomorrow, warmer, drier. a little return to summer this week. we are talking about football. the broncos take the field saturday night and it looks mild and dry with temperatures in the 70s. we so do appreciate all these pictures you're sending in. look at this gorgeous rainbow shot coming up this morning in between a little break in the cloud cover. is that spectacular? >> that is spectacular, a full double.

>> never. >> have you seen a triple? >> not live, in a textbook. >> that's impressive. thanks. speaking of the broncos quarterback trevor simeon throws a football for the first time since getting hurt saturday night. >> drew is next with sports.

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from colorado's sports leader here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. trevor simeon performed the most important duty today necessary to convince the broncos coaching staff he should be the starting quarterback. he threw the football.

arm due to an injured shoulder, he'll start the game with the los angeles rams and likely earn the opening night gig if he plays well. >> i'm not reading too much into it to be honest with you. i think it's a good opportunity for us to take another step as a team. we're putting together some good thing the last couple weeks, so another week for to us build. >> mark sanchez knows he blew an opportunity fumbling twice in less than a minute last weekend, but sanchez is a fighter and l that he'll have to be taken seriously for the job. >> if you're a competitor, it's all you want and that's where we're at. that's what the situation dictates. so go play ball. go have fun. cut it loose and all those cliches you all hear from quarterbacks, grip it and rip it, all this stuff, go ahead and pick any one you want. i don't quit. i'll take this thing down to

takes. we're live, 9news broncos insider mike klis is at team headquarters, let's play klis and tell. is simeon winning the quarterback competition or are the other two guys losing it? >> reporter: well, simeon did freeway a nice option for the broncos when mark sanchez lost the competition. this was sanchez's job to lose and he lost it, drew, because of all the turnovers. turnover throughout his career. they hopped here with the system gary kubiak and greg knapp coaching him up he would lose his pension for turnovers. he had a pick against the bears, two fumbles last week and he's had some turnovers during training camp, also. i think that was the biggest factor. paxton lynch has actually risen in this race. had there been three more weeks of training camp, i think

quarterback against -- legitimate threat to be the starting quarterback against carolina. >> what will we learn from the next decision? >> i feel like you're kind of leading me into being mark sanchez's personal grim reaper here. if paxton lynch goes second, then yes, i think maybe mark sanchez will be dodging the officials in the locker room there for a couple days, but i goes second. he got a lot of first team reps in the last couple days. it could be sanchez comes in second, plays a series or two and the rest are paxton lynch. it's still going to be simeon and lynch i think one, two to start the season. rockies got swept by the milwaukee brewers for the first time in five years today.

to a pretty good start. brewers slugger ryan braun knocked a pair out of the park. roccos lose 7-1. strange but drew, shortly after dodgers rookie bob segdon homered in the victory over the giants he learned his wife robin had gone into labor. so he raced around the the hospital and made it just in time to see the birth of their first child rock -- robinson, great name for a dodgers kid. it's former broncos head coach mike shanahan's birthday. will you still need me when i'm 64? you bet we will, mike, looks

we've got some time. >> do we? >> i wore my rockies purple today. >> you did. didn't work. >> apparently not. but the sun will come out tomorrow. i'm not going to sing if you're waiting for that. >> partially. definitely by the weekend, mid- 80s. glass half full kind of guy you are. >> nbc nightly news is next. after this you'll see next with

breaking news tonight. tornado outbreak, tornadoes on the ground, twisters, bu buildings demolished, a coffee shop fla flattened. >> people just got run over. trouble in the frantic race against time in ity. scores dead and injured and the army mobilizing a massive rescue mission to find so many buried alive. an american university horror, terrorists storm the campus in kabul, an hour-long siege and teachers and students tracked. racist hack attack, star leslie jones, the target of privacy issue. and out pouring of