Colorado Emergency Management: Review of 2013 Colorado Floods

10 Coloradans lost their lives
18,147 people forced to evacuate their homes
21 families remain in 24 temporary housing units
1,852 homes destroyed, 28,363 others damaged. Total damage: $623.3 million
16,557 households received some level of assistance from FEMA due to damages to their homes
203 commercial structures destroyed and 765 commercial structures damaged
Damage to state and local infrastructure totals $1.7 billion, including $535 million to state and local highways. All state roads impacted by floods reopened by December 1 to help get residents back into their homes and res-establish access to isolated communities. Long-term permanent repairs began in Spring 2014.
Economic impact $555 million.

September 2013 saw twice as much precipitation in Boulder during one month than any other month since recording begin in 1893. September 2013: 18.2 inches. Average September rainfall in area: 1.6 inches.
Exceeded not only 100-year frequencies; in a number of cases met or exceeded 500-year frequencies as well.
National Weather Service report on September 2013 Floods.

Volunteer opportunities available all over the state and in flood impacted communities
Bringing together communities to help one another in the same spirit that communities came together immediately following the floods a year ago
Sign up to volunteer near you at coloradounited.com and flyer attached
Concert in Lyons Colorado at 5pm with the Infamous String Dusters hosted by Oskar Blues at Bohn Park. Volunteers are invited to attend the concert after volunteering.
Twitter: @CoUnitedServe #COUnitedDay
Videos of impacted flood areas, Little Thompson, Lyons, Jamestown, Manitou Springs, Poudre River: http://bit.ly/1x7YmQ0

Information obtained from the Colorado Recovery Office.

COEmergency Pages