Search teams are looking for two missing people in the snow-covered debris of devastating wildfires that ripped through parts of Colorado.

Nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed and hundreds damaged as the blazes hit two towns in Boulder County in the US state.

For those who escaped the flames, heavy snowfall has compounded the misery.

US President Joe Biden has declared the scene a national disaster, freeing up federal funds to assist affected people and businesses in recovery efforts.

Three people were initially reported missing but one has been been accounted for, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said on Sunday.

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