Another Colorado Bear Shot After Breaking into House

This one was in Colorado Springs.
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Severe Thunderstorms Cause Flooding and Mudslides Along Front Range

Downed trees, power lines, and mudslides along with plenty of lightning and hail near Fort Collins.
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Flooding in Colorado Springs near the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire area.
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West Fork Fire Now 3rd Largest in Colorado History and Still Growing

Astronauts took photos of the West Fork Fire showing a huge smoke plume that goes straight east over the Front Range.  News Link   The fire has consumed 80,000 acres so far and may well end up exceeding the Hayman Fire of 2002 to become the largest fire in Colorado.

Lightning Strike Starts Centennial Man''s Shed on Fire

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Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus

West Nile virus has been detected in mosquito populations near Longmont.  131 cases of West Nile were reported for people in Colorado in 2012 with 4 deaths.
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Sun Starts Summer with a Blast

An M2 coronal mass ejection blasted toward earth at 1,350 mph and didn't cause any problems.
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The insurance industry recently published a study that modeled the effects of large solar storms on the US power grid and estimates 20 to 40 million people could be without power for weeks to months after an event similar to one that happened in 1859.
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Drought Continues in Colorado - Wildfires Across the State

10 Wildfires are burning in the western half of Colorado today, with the Lime Gulch fire in the foothills SW of Denver being the latest.  The Black Forest Fire is mostly contained at this point, with a final tally of over 500 homes destroyed.