LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - Colorado officials say the emergency response to the flood disaster is ending and the long and arduous task of recovery has begun.
Sheriff Joe Pelle said Wednesday that rescue workers are ending "high octane" search-and-rescue operations. Searchers are now going door-to-door and looking through debris piles and vehicles for victims and damage in the flood-scarred areas of the foothills.
Those crews include Federal Emergency Management Agency urban search-and-rescue teams with search dogs and medical supplies.
Lt. Col. Mitch Utterback of the Colorado National Guard says some of the helicopters flying rescue missions may be returned to Fort Carson.
As the airlifts taper off, so have the number of missing. State emergency officials say that number was just over 300 by Wednesday morning.
There have been six confirmed deaths.
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LYONS, Colo. (AP) - As water recedes and flows east onto the Colorado plains rescuers are shifting their focus from emergency airlifts to trying to find the hundreds of people still unaccounted for after last week's devastating flooding.
Federal and state emergency officials said more than 3,000 people have been evacuated by air and ground, but calls for those emergency rescues have decreased.
The state's latest count has dropped to about 580 people missing, and the number continues to decrease as the stranded get in touch with families.
State officials reported six flood-related deaths, plus two women missing and presumed dead. The number was expected to increase. It could take weeks or even months to search through flooded areas looking for bodies.
State and local transportation officials are tallying the washed-out roads, collapsed bridges and twisted railroad lines.
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Sunday, July 20 2014 2:12 PM EDT2014-07-20 18:12:41 GMT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - It's the deadliest day yet of Israel's 3-day-old ground offensive in Gaza. Palestinian health officials say at least 65 people were killed as Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in a crowded neighborhood of Gaza City.Thousands have fled the city and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. Palestinian health officials put the number of displaced at 35,000.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - It's the deadliest day yet of Israel's 3-day-old ground offensive in Gaza. Palestinian health officials say at least 65 people were killed as Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in a crowded neighborhood of Gaza City.Thousands have fled the city and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. Palestinian health officials put the number of displaced at 35,000.
Thursday, July 17 2014 12:52 AM EDT2014-07-17 04:52:07 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal criminal complaint says a passenger on a flight this week from London to Los Angeles threatened to kill flight attendants and blow up the plane.The FBI says 20-year-old Kevin Lee Mosele of Kihei, Hawaii, was charged Tuesday with interfering with a flight crew. He could get 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal criminal complaint says a passenger on a flight this week from London to Los Angeles threatened to kill flight attendants and blow up the plane.The FBI says 20-year-old Kevin Lee Mosele of Kihei, Hawaii, was charged Tuesday with interfering with a flight crew. He could get 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
Monday, June 23 2014 8:58 PM EDT2014-06-24 00:58:54 GMT
JACKSON, Miss. - A Las Vegas doctor deeply touched by the story of the little girl who was asked to leave KFC because of the scars on her face, has decided to pay it forward. Victoria Wilcher was the victim of a pit bull attack that left her with multiple scars all over her face and only one eye.
JACKSON, Miss. - A Las Vegas doctor deeply touched by the story of the little girl who was asked to leave KFC because of the scars on her face, has decided to pay it forward. Victoria Wilcher was the victim of a pit bull attack that left her with multiple scars all over her face and only one eye.
Thursday, June 19 2014 5:58 PM EDT2014-06-19 21:58:42 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC - Thursday morning, President Obama addressed the entire country about the developing situation in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, DC - Thursday morning, President Obama addressed the entire country about the developing situation in Iraq. Obama is sending up to 300 military advisers to help Iraqi forces stem violent sectarian fighting. Inside is the entire transcribed speech, including questions Obama fielded from reporters.
Tuesday, June 17 2014 1:27 PM EDT2014-06-17 17:27:50 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the captured Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi will face the full weight of the American justice system. Obama says he authorized an operation in Libya to detain Ahmed Abu Khattala. His capture marks the first apprehension of an alleged perpetrator in the 2012 attack that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the captured Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi will face the full weight of the American justice system. Obama says he authorized an operation in Libya to detain Ahmed Abu Khattala. His capture marks the first apprehension of an alleged perpetrator in the 2012 attack that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Friday, June 13 2014 6:55 PM EDT2014-06-13 22:55:46 GMT
BAGHDAD (AP) - Fighters from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have been making additional gains in Iraq.
BAGHDAD (AP) - Fighters from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have been making additional gains in Iraq -- capturing two towns in an ethnically-mixed province northeast of Baghdad.And Shiite leaders are calling on Iraqis to defend the country from the Sunni militants who've taken some major cities and other territory.
Wednesday, June 11 2014 10:48 AM EDT2014-06-11 14:48:19 GMT
KHQ.com - When Richard Dunn found himself stranded in the Las Vegas Airport overnight, he could have drowned his sorrows in the airport bar, but instead he created an epic music video to Celine Dion's version of 'All By Myself'.Dunn spent about three hours with an iPad creating this lip-synching masterpiece that has already pulled in over 1.5 Million views online!
KHQ.com - When Richard Dunn found himself stranded in the Las Vegas Airport overnight, he could have drowned his sorrows in the airport bar, but instead he created an epic music video to Celine Dion's version of 'All By Myself'.Dunn spent about three hours with an iPad creating this lip-synching masterpiece that has already pulled in over 1.5 Million views online!
Tuesday, June 10 2014 6:26 PM EDT2014-06-10 22:26:55 GMT
LONGVIEW, Texas - A 34-year-old woman who posed as a teenager to enroll as a sophomore at a high school in Texas has been sentenced.
LONGVIEW, Texas - A 34-year-old woman who posed as a teenager to enroll as a sophomore at a high school in Texas has been sentenced. Charity Johnson was sentenced to 85 days in jail as part of a plea agreement. Johnson was arrested back in may after a woman who allowed Johnson to stay at her apartment called the police when she found out Johnson was not a teenager.
Wednesday, June 4 2014 10:26 PM EDT2014-06-05 02:26:52 GMT
MONCTON, New Brunswick - Police say three officers have been shot dead and two others injured and they are searching for a suspect in the east coast Canadian province of New Brunswick.
MONCTON, New Brunswick - Police say three officers have been shot dead and two others injured and they are searching for a suspect in the east coast Canadian province of New Brunswick. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in New Brunswick confirmed on its Twitter feed that three officers were dead and two others had sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Monday, June 2 2014 4:56 PM EDT2014-06-02 20:56:27 GMT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - From early in his captivity, there have been indications that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - From early in his captivity, there have been indications that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit in Afghanistan. That was the conclusion of a Pentagon investigation in 2010, and a former senior defense official says after an initial flurry of searching, the military decided not to exert extraordinary efforts to rescue the Idaho man.
