Five People Dead, 172 Missing as Colorado Flood Waters Continue to Rage, Turning One Town into an Island

Thousands of Coloradans have been displaced, five are dead and more than 170 are unaccounted for in the worst flooding to hit the state in known memory.

With the rain never seeming to end and the waters continuing to rise, more than 4,000 people near Boulder, Colorado, have been evacuated as nearby Milliken has been surrounded by water and turned into an island, according to reports.

The reality of what is becoming a long-term disaster is setting in, flooding has affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile area almost the size of Connecticut.

In the most recent developments, people are stranded in Milliken after the main road out of town was washed away by raging floodwaters, according to CBS Denver. As the devastating rapids rise, they wash away more of the road, and flood ever closer to even more homes.

‘The fire department said Milliken is an island but I found a way out,’ Jorge Garza told the station.

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