Wave of Water in Colorado 'like a Tsunami'

>> Reporter: JUST OUTSIDE OF BOULDER, EVACUATIONS NOT OVER YET. MORE RISING WATER KEEPS A COMMUNITY ON EDGE. IT'S DAY SIX OF THE DISASTER. RESIDENTS STILL DIGGING OUT. >> IN PLACES WHERE FLOODING HAS STOPPED, REALITY NOW SINKING IN. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET IT SO PRETTY AGAIN. OKAY. >> Reporter: THE OVERWHELMING TASK TO 13UP GENS. >> YEAH, THIS IS OUR HOUSE. IT WAS A PERFECT PLACE. >> Reporter: THAT WAS BEFORE A WALL OF WATER 6-FEET HIGH GUSHED THROUGH THIS BEDROOM WINDOW. >> 30, 45 SECONDS. THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAD TO GET OUT OF HERE. WE HAD NO WARNING. >> Reporter: IT RACED RIGHT THROUGH THE KITCHEN'S WOOD CABINET, BUILT UP A BATHTUB. EVEN SINK SEEPED INTO THE CLOTHES DRYER. THE WHOLE LOWER LEVEL IS A GUT JOB. CARPETS RIPPED OUT, CHAIRS, DRESSERS NOW ON THE FRONT YARD. JENNIFER FEARS NOTHING IS SALVAGEABLE. >> SO YOU ARE WORRIED THIS WATER IS CONTAMINATED, TOO? >> YEAH, THERE IS SEWAGE FRONT WATER AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S FARM FIELD AND CATTLE FIELD AND HORSE PASTURES. >> AT ONE TIME THAT LOCATION WAS THE ATTRACTION OF THIS CENTURY OLD FARM HOUSE WHERE DID ALL THIS WATER COME FROM. >> THERE IS A RIVER AN EIGHTH OF A MILE UP THE ROAD. THERE WAS A DAM THAT BROKE THE RIVERBED. SO IT CREATED ITS OWN RIVER. >> Reporter: LIKE A TSUNAMI, ALMOST? >> IT WAS JUST LIKE A TSUNAMI. >> Reporter: A WAVE OF WATER SO STRONG, IT PULLED THE GARAGE RIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND, FOUND ICING AND ALL, PUTTING ALL THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER MAY NOT EVEN BE POSSIBLE, BUT THIS FAMILY PLANS TO TRY. >> WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET BACK