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County Only At Halfway Point Of Recovery From Historic Floods

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - It's been four years since historic floods hit Colorado, but Boulder County estimates it's still only at the halfway point of its recovery efforts.

The Daily Camera reports the floods will end up costing unincorporated Boulder County about $280 million.

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When you include the city of Boulder, that price tag jumps to $611 million.

The county doesn't expect full recovery from the flood until 2020.

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