as homeland security secretary jeh johson toured the flood zone thursday -- an editorial was released in n it urges president obama to visit the state. "fema" says more than 80-thousand people have applied for federal help. at least 13 people have died. it's hard for forecasters to keep up with such devastating floods. "that" was the exprience for forecasters here in colorado during the floods of 20-13. but now scientists in boulder are trying to make those forecasts better. the national center for atmospheric research in forecast model for noaa. it could change the way we predict floods across the country. the way the national weather service forecasts floods now, happens based on information from specific sites.. usually on major rivers or waterways. that doesn't always help predict what could happen along smaller waterways. as it did in colorado almost three years ago. this new computer modeling is able to not just forecast what will happen at those measuring stations. but rather. take into account the entire landscape. millions of miles of waterways. across the whole country. the