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<br />Routt County prepares
<br />for flooding on Y ~mjl<i
<br />By Mike Rhodes .
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<br />.' Wary Routt County tresldents
<br />prepared for. the worst ~s Yampa ,
<br />River water.; rose near tjteamboat
<br />Spring! OV~r the weekeljd,
<br />"I.GoUl1ty{.emergenq', manager,
<br />'-ChUck Vale :said the Yil:I1pa was
<br />high Saturday and SUl}day fro _
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<br />, County officials W1U ~ alert~t
<br />lea;1t-forthe next two c4ys during
<br />which,othey-hope the ;}ver level
<br />peaksan4begins to-decline,
<br />_' "Jt was at 3 inches above flood
<br />Je~el.an:d it roseilll day:'; Vale said
<br />Sund;!y~~ "J;!'/" '"..._ ,
<br />t '.....Residents-and, county officials
<br />-sandbagsted ,Iow-bankeq, areas in
<br />.i ~Steamboat.springs.-. .f'
<br />. "The city of Steamboat is stock-
<br />~&' ~ge ~s,.,~:mP l?r :~~~:Jh~ .
<br />,dves,'Val~;s;lId,.-1;"~~ rr....
<br />. NO,Qomes.were-dam1lged, anq,
<br />'ale .d[d,no4expect.-an:y~eSident;i
<br />. 'It~.l>edisp~edSundayni;ght;.\ il'
<br />'I> ~ The- nlaH>rity'Of concerned.call,;
<br />ers ~'l';fe--people in new -homei.
<br />("l;k(4th~nvcr.Valesaid. O:-X",i.:
<br />. ~ ''theY-lookout tllcirb3c-Kdoo~_'
<br />andgo,.'\\'hGai. ";Vale Said ofresjl
<br />dCnts' unf.unilitlr .with the'runoff:'
<br />Dream '~l~l~q~ M90iI~II\Home
<br />Community r!~rtedly had ....-ater
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<br />Tbe'...~atiooar..weather'..seMCe ~
<br />issued flood waniings Sundaj' f~ I
<br />. art~~-oinO~r:r!.~o!odao.")o'1
<br />,1 Iil1-:Afoffat .'tount)" Oeeriodge l
<br />Park 'and the towns of Craig and .
<br />MaYbeD "w'eie repOrtedlthaving ,
<br />irlbf floOOing;~wcafuCr'Officials
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