Images: Mountain Town Cut Off By Flooding

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Lyons Flooding

Lyons Colorado flooding

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A Lyons resident points to floodwaters during the town's isolation in mid-September 2013.

Lyons School

Lyons Colorado flooding

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Lyons resident gather at the local school to recieve updates on the flooding.

Flooded Street

Flooding in Lyons, Colorado

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Flooded streets in Lyons, Colo., in Sept. 2013.

Evacuation Center Message Board

Message board in Longmont

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A message board at an evacuation center in Longmont, Colo., on Sept. 14.

Stephanie Pappas
Stephanie Pappas
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Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.