Thursday, September 12, 2013

Rain Pounding Mountains West of Fort Collins to Loveland

Most roads into the mountains have been closed because of mudslides and flooding.  A small dam broke overnight and the area east of Big Thompson Canyon is under an evacuation order.
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The area has received 5 to 7 inches of rain in 19 hours. The Big Thompson flood of 1976 which killed 144 people, had 12 to 14 inches of rain fall in 4 hours.

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