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A major rockslide prompted two highways to be shut down in Colorado over the weekend and witnesses captured the frightening moment on video. Highways 96 and 165 from Wetmore to Westcliffe in ...
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), several roads are closed in eastern El Paso County and southeastern Colorado. On Friday morning, Nov. 8, CSP shared […]
This event has also been referred to as the 2013 Colorado Front Range Flood, [6] [7] [8] reflecting a more precise geographic extent in and along the Colorado Front Range mountains. The National Weather Service's Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center stated in a document that the annual exceedance probability (AEP) for the entire rainfall ...
The first flood was caused by heavy rain on Dry Creek just above Pueblo on the night of June 2; the second was the main flood, which occurred during the night of June 3; and the third was that due to the breaking of the Schaeffer reservoir, on Beaver Creek, on the morning of June 5. Following an earlier flood in 1894 the river though Pueblo had ...
[5] [8] Over four hours near Estes Park, 12–14 inches (300–360 mm) of rain fell, causing the Big Thompson River to overflow its banks and triggering a flood crest that moved through the river and the Big Thompson Canyon. [9] [10] [11] The flood crest moved at an average speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h), and crested at 30 feet (9.1 m).
"Rainfall totals of 2.0 to 5.0 inches are expected, with the heaviest rain continuing for a time this morning. Flooding is ongoing in several areas given the excessive rainfall on already ...
After the flood, 400 people were rescued. [20] A documentary film was made detailing the flood and the reconstruction after the disaster. [21] [22] A high water marker was erected at Colorado State University designating the water level during the flood at Spring Creek, and flood-height poles were also built.
According to residents, slides, fallen trees and flooding closed parts of San Simeon Creek Road on Friday, with one resident in that area reporting having had 13.5 inches of rain by late afternoon.