flooding

Residents in Boulder, Colo. are swamped with flood waters and more rain is expected throughout the day, but this hasn't hindered some residents from having a bit of fun.

Despite the torrential rains and devastating flooding in northern Colorado, students at the University of Colorado Boulder are making the best of this nasty situation.

I was not alone in being exuberant about rain finally falling here in Colorado. I let out an audible cheer when rain started splattering outside the studio windows this afternoon and within minutes Facebook was littered with comments from people praising the long-awaited rain. However, these heavy rains could cause some severe flooding problems in the High Park Fire area.

Last night's hail and thunderstorms have caused the National Weather Service to extend their flood advisory through Saturday afternoon at 2:45 pm. If you were able to sleep through the deafening thunder and the pelting of hail against your roof last night, I envy you. As good as that rain may be for area vegetation, it certainly did no favors to those worried about the Poudre and Big Thompson rive

The area has already seen a high amount of rain and now a Flash-Flood Watch has been issued for Larimer County from 12noon to this evening.

As residents along the Mississippi River continued to cope with flooding on Thursday, the river, already at record levels, was set to crest in Vicksburg, Miss. on Thursday morning. The river was at 57.2 feet in Vicksburg on Wednesday morning, a level well above the previous record of 56.2 feet set on May 4, 1927, according to the National Weather Service. The river was expected to reach 57.5 feet