denver just to set the scene here. right now firefighters, we are told, are continuing to beat down the flames of this fire that came through this area with such ravaged veracity. it was really something to behold. i can tell you at 11:00 a.m. yesterday, there was a fire that was sparked in the boulder area. it was picked up so fast by the fast-moving wind here going from gusts from between 4 o0 and 110 miles per hour. according to authorities here on scene, there was no chance for firefighters to even attempt to attack the fire. they were busy trying to run as fast as they could to get people out of the way. there were people inside a costco, again, this is the suburb, people inside of a costco were evacuated and they were inside of what felt like a total normal costco. they walked out the doors into
that. it wouldn t be it wouldn t fit either. right. that complicates the messaging. we head out west as recovery efforts continue in colorado. one of three people missing from that marshall fire has now been accounted for. residents are slowly coming to grips with their new reality after hurricane force winds pushed those devastating wildfires across the boulder area. about half a foot of snow covers homes complicating recovery efforts. hook at that. cnn s natasha chen is on the ground. reporter: two people are still missing, one woman from superior and one man from the marshall area. the process to look for them in the burn zone is difficult especially given the extensive debris and destruction. officials point out two missing people out of 35,000 evacuees is quite extraordinary.
just another example of just the extremities within such a short amount of time, i mean, drought and heat one day and then the next day you have snowfall. what s going on with these patterns that we seem to be seeing, you know, replicating itself across the country? well, fred, it s a very active weather pattern to be sure. it was 44 before those fires broke out just in the boulder area and now snow is falling, as you said. the good news, at least right now, is on the radar we re seeing less and less snow. so it should taper off i d say in the next hour or two in the boulder area, but we can show you how much has fallen in the burn scarf that marshall fire highlighted in red here. you see some blue shadings which represent snowfall on the ground as you saw from natasha s shot, anywhere from 6 to 8 inches and those were some of the reports that we have received from the official reporting locations from the national weather service, anywhere from 5 inches down in denver to 8 inches in
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lewisville have been devastated. hurricane-force wind gusts fed these wildfires, scorching parts of the boulder area. that sound you hear, the sound of homes collapsing, leaving families searching for shelter to start this new year. it s just devastating to see this, and this time of year and just never imagine having this happen in december. as an insurance agent, you try to do the best you can and help the clients for things like this. never probably really thinking this is going to happen. we first found out from our daycare in lewisville, got a notification to come pick up the girls. after i picked up the girls, they had blocked the roads to get back to our home in downtown superior, so i called my wife and she started collecting valuables and clothes to