Images: Mountain Town Cut Off By Flooding
Lyons Flooding
A Lyons resident points to floodwaters during the town's isolation in mid-September 2013.
Lyons School
Lyons resident gather at the local school to recieve updates on the flooding.
Flooded Street
Flooded streets in Lyons, Colo., in Sept. 2013.
Evacuation Center Message Board
A message board at an evacuation center in Longmont, Colo., on Sept. 14.
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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.