Makayla Dannelly remembers the noise and view as she was evacuated by helicopter after being stranded as a fifth grader at the Cal-Wood Education Center.
It’s been 10 years since the 2013 Colorado floods took the lives of nine people and caused $4 billion in damages, making it one of the biggest disasters in the state’s history.
Boulder County 2013 floodfacts Deaths: 4 lives lost (Gerald Boland, Joey Howlett, Wiyanna Nelson and Wesley Quinlan) People unaccounted for: 0 (originally in the hundreds, people accounted for within a week) Homes destroyed: 314 (95 manufactured homes included) Homes damaged: 1,535 (246 manufactured homes included) Commercial properties damaged: 33 Commercial properties destroyed: 3 Total properties […]