Boulder flooding

Boulder, Colo. - A large flash floods of the Colorado Front Range and mountain views from the National Weather Service called " rainfall in the Bible ,'' killed at least three people in a day. Thursday ruled out of town and forced countless people to take the high ground .

Boulder , home to the University of Colorado is one of the hardest hit by the devastating waters classes were canceled hundreds of immigrant students and a quarter of the university buildings. Damage from rising water , officials said.

"This is no ordinary day . '' It is not a Common Disaster Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said the wall of water as high as 20 feet, tear down the mountainsides and valleys , and a scar from open fires .

"All the preparation in the world ... can not put more people in the valley are these walls of water to come down ," he said.

President Obama has signed an emergency declaration frees up Thursday night to allow federal agencies and federal emergency . To coordinate management efforts . Disaster relief .

Flooding along the mountains along the Front Range - including Denver , Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Greeley and Aurora - Score as well as small towns and mountain communities .

Much of the eastern and northern Colorado remained under flood warning flash , which means that flooding is imminent or report to the National Weather Service said the zone alarm the Denver / Boulder metropolitan areas over 3 million inhabitants .

floodwaters broke through the dam at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Refuge. National Wildlife prompting evacuations in Commerce City officials ordered cruise KUSA TV in Denver reports evacuated area east of Colfax Street, the main thoroughfare because of the waters . Higher .

And quickly . Torrential rainfall from a storm system that has been immersed in many parts of the western mountains of the week up to 10 inches fell in the area from the Wyoming border to the southern foothills . West of Denver.

The Weather Channel reports. Thursday evening, the rain continues to fall at a rate of 1 to 2 inches an hour in some parts of the region , including Colorado Springs , an hour drive south of Denver .

Officials fear that the rain and the number of victims could increase as the storm continued to batter the region in the evening and some areas remain inaccessible .

Boulder flooding