Flooding on the UCAR campus
Between September 12-15, 2013, Colorado's front range
experienced a weather event that caused some of the worst
flooding in the region's history. More than 17 inches of
rain fell in Boulder over the course of the storm; the
average annual precipitation in the city is roughly
20 inches.
Communities along the front range, in the mountains to the
west, and on the plains to the east are busy responding to
the event. Numerous mountain roads were washed away by the
floodwaters, leaving residents stranded; airlift operations
are still underway to bring people to safety. Twelve
helicopters from the National Guard and Red Cross are using
Boulder's Municipal Airport (located very near the Unidata
Program Center office) as a base for the largest aerial
rescue effort in the U.S. since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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