Gallery: A Man With a Plane: Journalist Captures the Scale of Destruction in Colorado
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*A lone tractor sits submerged in Greely, Colorado.*
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*A new river cuts across Highway 34 in Greely, Colorado during September's massive flooding across the state.*
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*September's floods caused an estimated $2 billion in damage to homes and commerce in Colorado.*
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*An immediate effect of many major disasters is the sudden severing of travel routes, like this road in Weld County, Colorado.*
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*Highways 53 and 388 wash out next to one another in Weld County, Colorado.*
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*A farmhouse submerged in the waters near Greely, Colorado.*
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*Flood waters cut along the path of a road in Lyons, Colorado.*
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*An entire neighborhood sits under water in Longmont, Colorado.*
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*A curtain of smoke nearly obscures the glowing remnants of homes destroyed by the Black Forest wildfire.*
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*According to Wark, large fires can create strong, uni-directional winds that can significantly affect flying conditions.*
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*Fire retardant is dashed on the hills in an attempt to stall the Black Forest wildfire near Colorado Springs.*
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*A swath of homes destroyed in the Black Forest wildfire near Colorado Springs in June 2013.*
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*The sun peers through smoke rising up from the Waldo Canyon wildfires near Colorado Springs in June 2013.*
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*Some homes that were spared, and others that weren't so lucky in the Waldo Canyon wildfire near Colorado Springs.*
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