1. HISTORIC MOUNTAIN FLOODING IN COLORADO AFTER A HOT, DRY SUMMER MARKED BY DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES SEPTEMBER, 15, 2013 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

2. RECORDS SET IN 1919 BROKEN AFTER WEEK- LONG RAINFALL

3. BOULDER HIT ESPECIALLY HARD

4. BOULDER

5. Boulder, with a population of about 100,000, is located 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver and sited at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 5,430 feet (1,655 m).

6. IMMEDIATE IMPACTS WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CLOSED SCHOOLS CLOSED MUDSLIDES INUNDATION ISOLATED MTN. COMMUNITIES FOOD AND WATER DEPLETED

7. Miles from the Rocky Mountains, debris-filled rivers became muddy seas that overflowed banks and extended into towns and inundated farms

8. DEBRIS-FILLED RIVERS

9. CUMMULATIVE IMPACTS (To Date) $ 150 MILLION IN DAMAGES THOUSANDS EVACUATED COMMUNITIES ISOLATED NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVATED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE APPROVED 1,200 STRANDED AT LEAST 5 DEAD

10. FLOODWATERS: BOULDER, CO.

11. FLOODING

13. ROADS DESTROYED

14. MUDSLIDE: BOULDER, CO.

15. AIRLIFTING

16. CONTINUING RAINFALL EXACERBATES RESCUE OPERATIONS