Colorado has been pounded by severe rainfall, causing widespread flooding that has collapsed homes, washed away roads and highways with landslides, and killed three people.

An initial estimate released over the weekend by the Colorado Office of Emergency management says 1,500 homes have been destroyed and about 17,500 have been damaged so far.

According to AIR, the greatest threat is to urban areas along the Front Range, including Boulder and parts of Denver, where all bodies of water are at flood levels. President Barack Obama has dispatched federal disaster relief to the state.

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