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<br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />9NEWS - Local - Article - 12 homes flooded after creek breaches levee <br /> <br />.....IFOI111t1 <br />A VIP ON FltlPAY, 8/J1/0'1,AT 0 <br /> <br />'.'e,,,~ ,. <br /> <br />IAWlATlLIMrtfG,. <br />ON THE HOTTEST WI tfUft .~ <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br />ii$i,::\ <br /> <br /> <br />HOME NEWS WEATHER TRAFFIC <br /> <br />Monday, August 27, 20078:59:51 AM <br />SPORTS iENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY AS SEEN ON 9NEWS Jl <br /> <br />Home )) News )) Local <br /> <br />12 homes flooded after creek breaches levee <br /> <br />written by: Jamie Kim, Producer/Reporter <br /> <br />created: 5/7/2007 12:28:14 PM <br />Last updated: 5/7/20074:49:31 PM <br /> <br />S'08 9::1 <br />POSTYOVR COMMENT <br /> <br />VIEW SLIDES HOW <br />PUEBLO - At least 12 homes in Pueblo are flooded after <br />Fountain Creek breached a levee. <br /> <br />Set 9NEWS as your l10mepage <br /> <br />About 16 people have been displaced, and three <br />businesses have been flooded. <br /> <br />STORY TOOLBOX " -~ <br /> <br /> <br />Dillon Drive was closed due to the flooding, which has <br />reached five feet deep in some areas. <br /> <br />Pueblo Police say high waters breached one levee and <br />they are working to break a second levee to relieve <br />pressure on the containment basins further down stream. <br /> <br />No one has been hurt in the flooding and there's no <br />estimate yet on the damage. <br /> <br />People in a dozen homes in the area have voluntarily <br />evacuated. <br /> <br />The Red Cross is providing shelter, and Pueblo Police <br />are asking people not to return home for at least 24 <br />hours due to bacteria in the water. <br /> <br />(Copyright KUSA*TV, All Rights Reserved) <br /> <br />STORYCHAT c;;t::) <br /> <br />Visit 9NEWS,com Story Chat <br /> <br />9NEWS.com Story Chat Disclaimer <br /> <br />mhtml:file:1 1P:\P\07020CWB\0702000 1 \News\9NEWS%20-%20Local%20-%20Article%... <br /> <br />,.. <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />OTHER loc <br /> <br />:- Long Iir <br />license <br />- May 0; <br /> <br />)0 12 hom <br />'" May 01 <br /> <br />) Man sht <br />- May 0; <br /> <br />:- iiii Ph <br />beyond <br />"^ MayO; <br /> <br />:- Rescue <br />Peak <br />- May 0; <br /> <br />:- Annual <br />off Frid. <br />- May 0; <br /> <br />) Police c <br />- May 0; <br /> <br />) Man wa <br />behind' <br />- May 0; <br /> <br />Top STORIE <br /> <br />'Snap, Cracl <br />spiders <br />Two bodies <br /> <br />8/27/2007 <br />