BOULDER, Colo. — Five people have been confirmed dead and 1254 are still unaccounted for amidst rescue efforts in Colorado. The search for people stranded from the Rocky Mountain foothills to the plains of northeastern Colorado grew more difficult Sunday, with a new wave of rain threatening to hamper airlifts from the flooded areas still out of reach.
Additional flash flood warnings were issued for several northern Colorado communities Sunday as widespread rain, some of it heavy, redeveloped across the region.
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Numerous pockets of individuals remain cut off from help even with more than 1,750 people and 300 pets already rescued from communities and individual homes swamped by rivers and streams overflowing by unrelenting rain last week, but, officials said.
Twenty military helicopters planned to expand the search from Boulder County east to Fort Morgan, but the window of opportunity was closing with clouds rolling in and up 2 to inches of rain expected to fall.
"It will affect our air operations if it keeps raining," Colorado National Guard Lt. James Goff said Sunday. "We'll look at ground operations of any other courses of action."
The additional rain falling on ground that has been saturated by water since Wednesday created the risk of more flash flooding and mud slides, according to the National Weather Service.
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