37th Anniversary of Big Thompson Flood

The Front Range is overdue for a catastrophic flash flood.
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Runners Have BEAR Encounter in BEAR Creek Park, Colorado Springs

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Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Golden

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Labrador Survives Rattlesnake Bite in Steamboat Springs

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Incredible Video of Car Being Hit by Mudslide

It's in China, not Colorado, but it is worth seeing how quickly and without warning landslides can happen.
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A Good Example of Why You Shouldn't Try to Cross Flooded Roadways

A tour bus in Arizona is swept away trying to cross flooded road.
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Bears Partying in Colorado

Bear goes barhopping in Estes Park.
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Bear in Grand Junction likes to push on tents to see if they fall over.
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An Overview of Plague Cases in the Western US

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5th Mudslide of Season in Poudre Canyon Closes Hwy 14

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Mountain Lion Kills Sheep, Closes Part of Colorado Monument

A female with cubs has been sighted several times in the Monument and has killed 14 sheep nearby. Wildlife officials are trying to track the cougars down.
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More Than 1,000 Houses Destroyed in Colorado Wildfires in 2012-2013

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Small Bear Running Around in Broomfield to be Relocated

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How to Survive a Lightning Strike

A Littleton man struck in 1999 still suffers memory lapses and other disorders.
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New Tick-Borne Viral Disease Discovered in Missouri

Viruses mutate at a rapid rate - see the bottom of the article about a similar newly discovered virus in China.
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20 Vehicles Stuck in Massive Mudslide near Telluride

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Cheatgrass Raises Wildfire Potential in Eastern Colorado

Cheatgrass is a European invasive weed that grows early in the spring, crowding out native grasses.  It goes dormant in late June and provides a highly flammable dry fuel source that can produce flames 8 feet high.  News Link

Cheatgrass at mature growth stage.

Colorado State University Fact Sheet

Cheatgrass at dormant stage.

Bears and Moose on the Move

Bear and elk vehicle collisions near Castle Rock
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Black bear that wanders ever eastward through Arvada relocated.
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Black bear bored by golfers takes a nap in a tree.
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Moose by highway near Grand Lake.
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Galloping black bear near Erie.
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Mudslides All Across Colorado

I-70 closed in both directions near Grand Junction. Mudslides in Marble, Redstone, Minturn and Poudre Canyon.
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Flash Floods, Mudslides, Lightning Hit Fort Collins Area

Poudre Canyon gets mudslides from the High Park burn scar the 3rd time this month and lightning strike starts a fire after hitting a tree behind a duplex.
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9 People Struck by Lightning on Farm near Wellington

2 people critically injured, 4 seriously hurt.
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65 year-old woman struck by lightning while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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West Nile Virus Spreading Out in Colorado

Mosquitoes test positive in 8 counties.
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Poodle Bit in Face by Rattlesnake Survives Respiratory Arrest

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Town South of Pueblo Receives 6 Inches of Rain

Greenhorn Creek floods Rye.
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After a Long Absence Monsoon Returns to Front Range

Daily heavy rains and localized flash flooding all week along the Front Range. Streets flooded in Denver yesterday and a funnel cloud sighted on Pike's Peak.
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1 Week After the Rist Canyon Mudslide, A Rockslide Hits Poudre Canyon

4 cars were trapped between 2 slides.
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Farmer Contains Wildfire by Plowing a Firebreak

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2 Tiny Bear Cubs Break into House in Estes Park

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Little Known Facts About West Nile Virus

From Colorado State University
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Another Ash Debris Flow in Manitou Springs Sweeps Cars off Road

Incredible video of a car being washed away.
More incredible video of reporter in his car being washed away.

Another Ash Debris Flow Closes Roads in the Mountains West of Fort Collins

The 2012 High Park Fire, which blackened 84,000 acres, was the source of a debris flow in Rist Canyon. The West Fork Fire, burning in the San Juan Mountains and only 20% contained, is at 110,000 acres, now the 2nd largest fire in Colorado history.
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Lightning Explodes and Demolishes Large Cottonwood Tree at CSU Campus

Take a look at the photos and understand why you should not seek shelter under trees during a storm.
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Colorado's First Human Case of West Nile in 2013 Reported in Delta

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Debris Flow Pours Black Stumps and Mud from Last Year's Waldo Canyon Fire Into Manitou Springs

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and now for a faith-based interpretation of what causes wildfires...
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A Reminder that Firefighters in Colorado Put Their Lives at Risk

An entire crew of 19 firefighters in Arizona lost their lives when lightning struck and started a fire behind the line they were working. In 1994, 14 firefighters lost their lives on Storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs when winds reversed and trapped them.
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