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<br />COLORADO FLOODING
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<br />'''Holy cow.. I've lived here all my life and I've never se~n anything like it, ..
<br />~ Bob Squier, surveying the flood damage to his home In Sterling
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<br />Sterling and Atwood
<br />residents tackle flood
<br />debris, Rive thanks that
<br />no one died from flood
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<br />er home before cresting. Her garage received some damage'. Sterling residents began cleaning up Thursday,
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