colorado s flood zone. e. coli has been found in tap water in the hard-hit town of lyons. the floods took out sewer lines and septic systems had caused the contamination. officials say the problem has been the problem, rather, has continue fixed before evacuated residents can actually return to their homes. and had they do come back, they bee fwin the long process of rebuilding. here now is cnn s dan simon. reporter: hi, fredericka. it s still pretty surreal when you go into some of these neighborhood. so much damage and destruction. as you can imagine, it s been an emotionally draining week for a lot of these residents, especially those who don t have flood insurance. why didn t they have it? well, to put it simply, they felt they didn t need it. so this was a finished basement. reporter: jessica and her husband built and moved into this house only 18 months ago. what did it look like down here when you had all the water? armageddon. total devastation.
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overturned. and another big worry, e. coli has been found in tap water in the hard hit town of lyons. dan, a lot of problems being underscored. all because of this flooding that was just very serious more than a week ago. reporter: that s exactly right, fredricka. the town of lyons, this is a town of 2,000 people. we saw flood waters take out much of the town s infrastructure, took out roads and bridges, et cetera. but also took out septic tanks and sewer lines. that caused this toxic sludge to invade the water supply and tests have confirmed that there is e. coli in the water, so the tap water has been completely shut off to residents, so if people are going to stay in their homes, they have to provide their own water, fred. oh, my goodness. and how many people are being
plant. the mayor of west, texas is outraged. he joins me now by phone. mr. mayor, thank you very much for being here. fema basically says you ve gotten $16.6 million, or you re going to, out of them under the emergency declaration already signed by the president. that is enough because the state of texas has got a lot of cash and you can afford the rest yourself. your thoughts? well, i hate to hear that. but the moneys that have been allocated through fema are for individual assistance, and that hasn t been affected by the decision of this week. what the decision does do is affect public assistance, which is for infrastructure and repair of the roads and the waterlines and the sewer lines that were damaged by the explosion, along with the school that is underinsured and needing additional funds as well. so that s where we stand right
lines and the winds snapped trees and tower lines and left tens of thousands in the dark. in san francisco, officials say the rain overwhelmed the sewer lines and they had to release 80 million gallons of partly treated sewage into the bay. and now, this is rough out this. the last five days they have gotten in some cases close to 2 of rain. a lot of the areas in the mountains and the moisture is squeezed up across the mountains so close to 2 in a few areas. this is the mountains of northern and central california and they could see an additional 1 to 4 of the next round and cold temperatures in the east. but here is the next storm system, portions of oregon, northern california, and washington, you will, again, get an additional 1 , 3 or 4 of