this time from downtown boulder. it comes after days of torrential rains, flash floods and around the clock rescues. we get the latest from mark stewart on the scene in boulder. >> it is getting very intense. in fact, you take a look over here. and it's a hard thing to articulate. let me stop talking for about five seconds. and just listen. it's as if the water is almost pounding the ground. at times, it sounds like there are big thuds. it's that forceful. the water is moving at a very, very fast clip. the fastest clip that i have seen since we have been here since 11:45 thursday night. the water also appears to be spreading a little bit. out of its banks. >> that is intense stuff. marc, thank you. the university of colorado's main campus remains closed today, as well as public schools in boulder and several surrounded towns. people that went out yesterday found themselves stranded like the man whose car turned upside down. he was trapped for an hour before rescuers could pull him out. >>> now, turning to the other ma

thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate downtown boulder. many schools are closed.ing trapped drivers from their cars. >>> a montana woman charged with killing her husband just a week after their wedding is now out of jail. a federal judge said prosecutors did not show that jordan graham was a danger to the community or a flight risk. graham has admitted to pushing her husband off of a cliff at glacier national park during an argument in july. friends say she was having second thoughts about their marriage. >>> tragedy was averted in louisville, kentucky, when a little girl fell into an aban n abandoned well. firefighters took about an hour to pull the 2-year-old up to safety. and the coach was rescued shortly after that. they are both expected to be okay. >>> and that's the plane that was carrying two men over the wilds of alaska until its engine failed and it forced to make an emergency landing. it flipped over but the men were okay. when no one found them after 30 miles, they started walking 11 miles to the nearest village. they made it eight miles until they wer

back here near downtown boulder again, the water and rain keeps on coming.he real heavy stuff has occurred in the foothills to the north of town, where we have had tremendous flooding, a lot of homes foundation's cut away, and that is where we have had a loss of life. two people now have died here because of the flooding that has continued here for the past 12 hours. >> that is an amazing scene that we're seeing, jim. how many people have been evacuated, and what is being done for those people? >> well, tony, the entire town of jamestown which is about a thousand people or so to the northwest of here in boulder county, that town was evacuated overnight. the flood waters taking many buildings there. some people evacuated late this afternoon to the east of here in the taun of aurora and the town of commerce city as well. again, the rain has not stopped, and it looks like the rain will continue at least through tonight. >> jim, good to talk to you. thank you. >>> a short time ago i spoke about the evacuations with chip freye a public affairs officer with the re

much of downtown boulder is submerged, the intersections and cars complete underwater. a number of homes have been swept away. there are reports that two people now possibly dead. boulder county police and fire officials say the water is as high as the first floor windows in some parts of boulder. this is extreme. dive terms have been disparked to rescue people trapped in cars, homes and other structure. we're going to stay on top of this story and bring you the ververy latest. >> thank you so much. we'll check in with you again later. let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell for the latest forecast in colorado. >> dangerous situation here. really, we've had this for the last few days, we're already saturated. let's look at the broad picture. as we look across the country, you can pick up the frontal boundary through the midwest. the tail end of this is into the four corners region and the southwest. then we also have a low pressure area that is going to be built, actual surface low is in california. we're going to see that upper level span more into nevada, and then

. >> reporter: as you can see, scott, the creek that runs through downtown boulder is already out of its banks. in fact, the national weather service estimates that this city got five and a half billion gallons of water in that rainstorm. put another way: that would be 122 inches of snow-- about ten feet deep. >> pelley: barry peter in the middle of the flood zone. barry, thanks very much. on the new jersey shore it wasn't a flood this time but flames. dozens of business owners faced the prospect of rebuilding for the second time in a year after a six-alarm fire tore through the boardwalk. three police officers were hurt when they fell off an emergency vehicle. terrell brown is in seaside park. >> it was helpless. it was like a feeling of helplessness. it's just a feeling of i'm watching this happen and i can't do anything about it. >> reporter: 25-year-old bubba demuro owns bubba's doghouse. he had just reopened his restaurant this summer after it was destroyed by superstorm sandy. >> as the wind blew, i didn't want to believe it but i knew. i knew that it was going to -- the whole

we have residents here in downtown boulder, they are trying to built a makeshift dam to send the waterway from an apartment building that is over there, so the basement will not be flooded. the latest numbers, two dead here in the county, and tonight one person is still missing. it has basically been raining here very hard over the past three days. take a look at some of the pictures. these images are coming from broomfield county. a water rescue performed earlier there today. a small bridge collapsed three cars into the water, three people into the water. dive teams were able to rescue those people, and they suffered only minor injuries. this man in boulder has been watching the flood waters wise all night long and all day long. >> about 1:00 in the morning the bridge washed out, and then it subsided a little bit, and then it started raining really, really hard, and about 3, 3:30 bedecided to evacuate before the mountain slid down the hill. as we left the mud slide happen and all of this rock was bloen through. it was pitch black out. >> stay home. if you don't have to come out, don't

where we are right now, not too far away from downtown boulder. this is boulder creek.e typical, i understand, from something you would see in the springtime when you're getting the melt, the runoff from the rockies, not something you would see in september. this, what i'm told, is kids could come play in this normally, in a normal year. it's not flowing that fast and it's much smaller. even a few days ago, it was much, much higher than it is now. we can come down and take a look at this tree right here. there's a little bit of a root or something from another plant up to here. this bark is also a bit roughed up, which tells us the water was about here with the debris hitting that bark and scuffing it up. as we go across here, come over to this fence and we can see as we come across where there's more of the debris along the fence. so last week when the water was up here with that amazing amount of rain, about a foot and a half of rain, once all that water settled, you end up with this sand. and this is a path. this is boulder. so if you don't commute with a car, this i

we're uncertain because of the large flood plain in downtown boulder home people will have is to evacuate their homes and how severe this will become. we've served 200 people today. we had 40 people in the shelter last night and we're expecting 250 this evening, and we're prepared to possibly open other shoulders if necessary. >> have you been given any idea from the local meteorologist how long you'll be in this type of crisis state? how long this weather event, this rain system will hang over the area? >> we're not certain. it's not moving hardly at all as you heard. we're preparing for at least two to three more days that we will be providing shelter, but we're available to stay as long as we need. >> thank you for your time. on short notice. chip fryes from the bubble affairs office from the red cross, he is handling the situation in boulder, colorado. we showed you the videos, and it's a desperate, dire situation for sure. >>> while the world is watching syria, north korea is busy. >>> a california city tries to help upside down homeowners. we'll look at richmond's controversial plan

water is raging so violently that thousands more people have been ordered to we evacuate from downtown boulder. power will flash floods have claimed at least three lives. here is the latest from boulder. >> good morning. the flooding here in colorado is now proving to be a 24 hour concern. this is the bolder creek in a suburb outside of denver in boulder, and the creek has been flowing violently at a pace of more than 200 times the normal speed. we are told three people are confirmed dead across the state account national guard has been brought in to bring supplies to the areas where the roads have been washed away. it is too early to tell damage estimates. but one sheriff deputy said we are in live-saving mode. >> how is the weather in colorado in we check with mike nicco. >> we will start with live doppler 7 hd where you can see to the east of denver it shows sporadic storms this morning with the heavier stuff in northeast colorado and headed to nebraska and kansas as it rolls off to the east. what we are seeing now is all the areas in green, just a flood warning. the creeks and streams are

this time from downtown boulder. s, flash floods and around the clock rescues. we get the latest from mark stewart on the scene in boulder. >> it is getting very intense. in fact, you take a look over here. and it's a hard thing to articulate. let me stop talking for about five seconds. and just listen. it's as if the water is almost pounding the ground. at times, it sounds like there are big thuds. it's that forceful. the water is moving at a very, very fast clip. the fastest clip that i have seen since we have been here since 11:45 thursday night. the water also appears to be spreading a little bit. out of its banks. >> that is intense stuff. marc, thank you. the university of colorado's main campus remains closed today, as well as public schools in boulder and several surrounded towns. people that went out yesterday found themselves stranded like the man whose car turned upside down. he was trapped for an hour before rescuers could pull him out. >>> now, turning to the other major story we're following. that devast

we still do have the evacuations that were ordered last night for downtown boulder here. >> are you getting help from other jurisdictions? i'm looking at the overwhelming situation you're in and wondering if you have the manpower or if you have emergency responders flooding in from everywhere? >> we certainly do, state and federal. >> is it enough? do you have what you need? can you do your job? >> at this point we're taking it situation by situation and doing the best that we can. >> is this a case whereby it's on a 911 basis, you're waiting for the requests and then reacting or do you know where to get ahead of this disaster? >> there are certain spots we certainly know where things are bad and we're accession the situation in those spots. you know, the calls do keep on coming in. it's a little bit of both. >> and mike we've got a banner that says at least three deaths in colorado. we have to put at least because we just don't know the count. i'm not sure if you have better information than we do. >> we only had two confirmed fatalities at this point. >> is that today or with regard to th

many from downtown boulder itself.ock to pull trapped dvers from their krcars. three people have died. and that number could go up. sam's forecast is coming up in moments. >>> another devastating scene this morning. that destructive fire that gutted the iconic boardwalk along the new jersey shore. the fire started at an ice cream shop on the stretch of seaside park. it was badly damaged by hurricane sandy last october. and just rebuilt for this summer season. it blazed across some eight blocks. it destroyed at least 50 businesses, sending smoke so thick, it could be seen for miles. the fire was finally contained this morning. there is a bit of a silver lining here. no one was killed in the blaze. >>> secretary of state john kerry says talks today about the future of syria's chemical weapons were constructive. but thursday, kerry rejected syria's request to wait a month before giving up the weapons. this morning, "the wall street journal" reports that syria has been moving its poison gas and weapons to as many as 50 dif

overnight sirens in downtown boulder warn residents to move to higher ground as flood waters continue to rise. in commerce city near denver, a mandatory neighborhood evacuation over fears a massive dam could break. dams are failing under the pressure of record-breaking rainfall. in some spots, a foot in less than two days. flooding roads and cutting off communities. in a town of lafayette, swollen waters took out a bridge. rescue crews trying to flipped a car partially submerged fear until they hear a man inside pound on the floorboard. >> nothing in my career i heard something so dramatic. we thought somebody would be expired in that car. he survived. it is a miracle. >> reporter: in boulder, the foothills are not safer with the water and free-falling mud which slid into gary chambers' house. >> right here, it is horrendous sound. >> reporter: the creek last week was dry and now it is strong enough to chew through the driveway. >> we will be stuck here. >> reporter: just up the road, neighbors grab their cat and flee as the waters hit their driveway and more. >> the banks are eroding

. >> into that downtown area, what is the state of boulder canyon, boulder creek at this point? >> i'm going to let sarah from the city manager's office talk about that a little bit. of course our biggest concern is always our largest population centers because that's where all the folks are and that is our priority are the people. so sarah you want to -- >> i'm sarah huntley, a spokesperson for the city of boulder. to answer your question, shawn, boulder city -- creek we're focused on. creeks and waterways throughout the whole country which is atypical of the type of flood we're prepared for. boulder creek is currently running at about 1800 cubic feet per second. that is down from the peak last night of 3200 so that's good news but to put it in perspective, usually the creek this time of year is running at about 200 cfss. we are definitely -- >> we're going to continue to get updates on what is happening in colorado. specifically right now we're going to go to ben, a public information officer, boulder county office of emergency management. actually we will try to get him. we l

boulder creek flows right through downtown. normally rather tame and pretty.u-turn, came back for punch number two and just hung on. making it worse were the big boulders that tumbled down the mountainsides. homes and cars were no match for a storm so fast and furious some mountain towns the were isolated after roads were washed away. and a bridge that disappeared sent three vehicles into the water. just as they were about to rescue one driver the water pushed the car even deeper. in the end, he was one lucky man. the weather forecasters are not offering a lot of hope. they're talk about more rain more flash flooding. and that's going to mean before this day is over a lot more people may be chased out of their homes. norah and charlie? >> a piece of the new jersey shore is reeling after its second disaster in a year. a huge fire destroyed dozens of businesses yesterday in seaside park and seaside heights. this morning the fire is still only 80% contained. the boardwalk had just been rebuilt after being devastated by superstorm sandy. the cause of the fire is n

take a look at this, this is boulder creek runs through the hearzpwcÑ downtown.rmally it's seven to ten feet, lower than it is now. if completely came over the banks. the park bench is partially submerged and the water is nearly touching the bottom side of that bridge. these floodwaters came on fast and they're already deadly. this morning. floodwaters came on fast. and watch this as a road collapses, stranding three cars in this rushing river. at least two people have died from flooding from boulder county all of the way to colorado springs. in some areas, entire roads collapsed. roads impassable. major thoroughfare u.s. 36 shut down. >> it is a rafer back there. the disaster if that retaining wall comes down, which we've been told it's pretty dangerous it might, we're in trouble. we're praying it stops. >> reporter: at the university of colorado at boulder, floods are gushing over structures. completely surrounding college students with raging waters. >> this is serious right now. >> reporter: one of the reasons these floods are so bad, because of a brush fire

downtown will not be allowing to back. when they do, they have to show the access pass at this national guard checkpoint. the national guard along th the boulder county sheriff are checking i.d.es. we have incredible stories to tell, and the helicopter coming over head right now. the incredible stories of rescue and gratitude of everyone who has been pulled out of this town for the past week. >> we're allowed to get a pass where we can come and go once a day, which is great because my husband left before all this happened, and he's coming back today, and i was trying to figure out how to get him in because people that don't--they're not allowing anyone in. >> reporter: when people do get back and they're able to get back into their homes. two things, one, you have to boil the water. you can't use the water. it may be contaminated. there is a no flush order in place. that means people inside their homes will not be able to flush their toilets. the sewer system in town has been washed out. you have to have this access pass. this is the golden ticket for people in the hard hit town of lagoonlyons heading back to thee today. >> meteorologist: mete