U.S. soldiers and airmen from the Colorado National Guard set up a checkpoint at the bridge crossing over the St. Vrain River into Lyons, Colo., where flooding destroyed homes and businesses making it an unsafe area to go, Sept. 16, 2013. Colorado has received more than 17 inches of rainfall in the past week which has destroyed hundreds of structure and roads. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nicole Manzanares/RELEASED)
<dl><dd>Unit: Defense Imagery Management Operations Center</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Soldier; Colorado Army National Guard; COARNG; COANG; CONG; Colorado National Guard; Humanitarian; Airman; Colorado Air National Guard; National Guard; Checkpoints; Longmont; Flood victims; Colorado Floods 2013; Longmont Armory</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Dixie Manzanares
Taken on 16 September 2013
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