Many residents forced to evacuate their homes in Colorado's deadly floods have been allowed to return as the rain finally stopped.
Shanda Roberson shovels flooded mud out of her garage But with about 19,000 properties either damaged or destroyed, people face many months of rebuilding their lives.
Towns cut off for days have reopened but residents have found cabins toppled over, homes ripped from their foundations and everything covered in a thick layer of mud.
Flood-destroyed vehicles in Longmont The number of dead in the massive floods was believed to be up to eight, with hundreds still missing, although that number has halved from the previous estimate of more than 1,200.
After days of heavy rain, skies have begun to clear and waters have receded, allowing rescue crews to step up search operations.
Rowen Roberson carries clothes from his flooded garage Some 21 helicopters have dropped supplies and airlifted those who needed help.
Air crews rescued more than 100 people in Larimer County on Monday.
Once the evacuations end, officials said it could take weeks or even months to search through flood-ravaged areas looking for people who died.
A destroyed house with furniture still intact inside is seen in Jamestown In the small community of Hygiene, trucks were in ditches and items had been taken as far as two miles downstream in a local creek.
Resident Bill Marquedt said of his home: "My own slice of heaven, and it's gone."
Genevieve Marquez added: "What now? We don't even know where to start. It's not even like a day by day or a month thing.
"I want to think that far ahead but it's a minute by minute thing at this point."
Contents from flooded properties are left outside Hundreds of homes around Estes Park, next to Rocky Mountain National Park, could be unreachable and uninhabitable for up to a year, town administrator Frank Lancaster said.
The town of Lyons was almost completely abandoned with most of its trailer parks completely destroyed, as emergency crews gave the few remaining residents a final warning to leave.
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