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Homeowners must deal with insurers, land surveyors, architects and more. But in Colorado and other states hit by natural disasters this year, the pandemic has injected extra uncertainty and created more obstacles. Shortages of workers and raw materials will make rebuilding slower and more expensive. Even without a pandemic, it took nearly seven years to completely rebuild after a fire that destroyed hundreds of homes in Colorado Springs, and homebuilders are still finishing up work after a fire in Santa Rosa, Calif.

Compounding the stress for Colorado's recent wildfire victims is an extremely tight housing market. With few homes for sale or rent, families are struggling to find temporary shelter. The daunting road ahead for Coloradans affected by wildfire is also being faced by thousands of American families whose homes were damaged or destroyed by extreme weather last year, from tornadoes in the Midwest and Kentucky to Hurricane Ida's impact in the Gulf Coast and New Jersey.

Builders everywhere are waiting longer than usual to line up carpenters, electricians and plumbers, and these specialists are themselves getting backed up waiting for parts. From start to finish, construction of a 2,square-foot house in Denver would normally take four to five months.

Now, that same project typically takes eight to 10 months, said John Covert, principal at Zonda Advisory, a homebuilding market research firm based in Denver. The local surge in demand after a disaster only compounds the problem.

They walked along a street where homes burned to their concrete foundations, and met with residents and local officials. Over the winter holiday period, hundreds of thousands of Romanians return home from other countries, many from the West, which fueled concerns over the threat of the fast-spreading omicron variant. Romania has so far confirmed almost cases of the new variant. The new measures Saturday include the mandatory wearing of face masks in outdoor and indoor public spaces, and textile masks have been banned.

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The Bears have shown no letup after winning their first national championship in April, steamrolling one opponent after another, including victories over No.