DENVER -- The Colorado town of Lyons is completely cut off because of flooded roads. The sheriff in Boulder County says residents of the town are huddled together on higher ground.
Everyone there is believed to be safe, but at least three people are dead elsewhere in the state.
A warm and moist storm system has been dropping rain on the region for much of the week. Up to eight inches of rain fell in an area from the Wyoming border south to the foothills west of Denver. And parts of several interstate highways in the Denver area had to be temporarily shut down because of standing water.
Flooding extended all along the Front Range mountains, including the cities of Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley and Aurora.
Search vehicles and rescue helicopters have been called into service, but many haven't been able to get to mountain communities because of flooding and fog.
In Rock Creek, east of Boulder, firefighters performed a daring rescue of two men trapped in vehicles, in a spot where rushing water collapsed a section of road. Rescuers used a raft to reach the men, broke their car windows and lifted them to safety.
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