DENVER —Torrential rain grounded rescue helicopters in Colorado for much of Sunday, slowing the search for hundreds of people unaccounted for after massive flooding in the western US state killed six. Over 1,500 homes have been destroyed and more than 17,000 damaged after days of flooding, the Colorado Office of Emergency Management said, while at least five people have died, and the death toll is likely to rise. President Barack Obama has declared the flooding a major disaster, unblocking federal resources to help a vast operation which has seen more than 11,000 residents evacuated, as roads and bridges have been swept away. The number of people unaccounted was put as hig...
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