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On July 31, 1976, heavy rainfall caused the Big Thompson River in Colorado to crest, causing at least 144 deaths, more than 250 injuries, and at least 5 others to be missing. The crest was caused by a stalled thunderstorm complex that produced rainfall totals of 12–14 inches (300–360 mm) near Estes Park, Colorado , including 7.5 inches (190 ...
On July 31, 1976, during the celebration of Colorado's centennial, the Big Thompson Canyon was the site of a devastating flash flood that swept down the steep and narrow canyon, claiming the lives of 143 people, 5 of whom were never found, making it the deadliest disaster in Colorado's history. [5]
The river began rising on April 4, and flooding the area on April 18 as the flood waters rose up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) above the long term prediction. Dikes gave way, and Grand Forks was inundated. Between 75 and 90% of the residents had been evacuated prior to this time.
On July 31, 1976, an estimated 2,500 – 3,500 people were inside homes, cars or enjoying the outdoors in Big Thompson Canyon in Larimer County when the skies opened up that evening, dropping ...
1976 Big Thompson River flood; 1979 Easter flood; B. Big Thompson River; Buffalo Creek flood; K. Hurricane Kathleen; M. Mississippi flood of 1973; T. Teton Dam
Perhaps fittingly, Little died April 1 at age 84, during the 25th anniversary week of the 1997 flood that caused his name to be etched in history. Perhaps fittingly, Little died April 1 at age 84 ...
The flood caused by the failure of Lawn Lake Dam scoured Roaring River valley and deposited an alluvial fan of debris in Horseshoe Park. Lawn Lake Dam was an earthen dam in Rocky Mountain National Park , United States that failed on July 15, 1982, at about 6 a.m., in an event known as the flood of 1982.
Over the course of a three-month period in the summer of 1993, a slow-moving and historic flooding disaster unfolded across the midwestern United States, leaving economic ramifications that would ...