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Longmont, Colorado animal control officer Diane Milford carries a cat taken from an evacuated home across a flooded Hayden Court on Saturday afternoon. (Times-Call / LEWIS GEYER )
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Photos captured the moment as pets were rescued from the floods that devastated parts of Colorado and New Mexico in recent days. Here is a selection of images from Longmont, Greeley and Boulder, Colorado and Las Vegas, New Mexico.
A young lady carries a blue tub filled with her cats while two dogs from their household are still in the raft. 37th St. in Greeley, Colorado, 9/14/13. (Photo: Paul Biwer) Photo series via Fox 31, Denver
(Photo: Paul Biwer)
he young lady with 3 rescued cats in the blue tub is being met by her mother. Two of their dogs are still in the raft to the left. 37th & Trinidad, Greeley, 9/14/13 (Photo: Paul Biwer)
Mother and daughter are reunited with their three rescued cats. 37th & Trinidad, Greeley, 9/14/13 (Photo: Paul Biwer)
Mother and daughter are reunited with their three rescued cats. 37th & Trinidad, Greeley, 9/14/13 (Photo: Paul Biwer)
Mother and daughter are reunited with their three rescued cats. 37th & Trinidad, Greeley, 9/14/13 (Photo: Paul Biwer)
The two rescued dogs are almost back on land. 37th & Trinidad, Greeley, 9/14/13. (Photo: Paul Biwer)
After being reunited with her cats, the lady is now holding one of her two rescued dogs. 37th & Trinidad, Greeley, 9/14/13. (Photo: Paul Biwer)
After being reunited with her cats, the lady is now holding one of her two rescued dogs. 37th & Trinidad, Greeley, 9/14/13. (Photo: Paul Biwer)
Jamestown residents and their pets are airlifted out of the Jamestown flood zone on Saturday, September 14, and transported to Boulder Municipal Airport. (Nancy Loving, Special to The Denver Post)
Johnny C. Montoya helps rescue a cat from an area flooded by the Gallinas River in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
