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Five years ago flood waters caused immense damage along Colorado’s northern Front Range and foothills, killing nine people, upending the lives of…
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On July 28, 1997, Chris Wolf was one of two officers on duty with the campus police at Colorado State University. It was summer, and the campus was…
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The last week of July has seen two of the most severe floods in Colorado’s history - and that’s not a coincidence.Both floods began at night and both had…
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After a very dry fall, Colorado’s snowpack has bounced back. Statewide, the snowpack is at almost 160 percent of normal, with the state’s historically…
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The 2013 storms in Colorado flooded streams across the region, washing gravel and soil into many rivers.The storms also caused landslides and removed a…
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Just two small areas in Colorado register as abnormally dry on the U.S. Drought Monitor, meaning that the state is effectively drought-free.The period…
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The United States is currently experiencing the third strongest summertime El Niño since 1950, and it could strengthen.“Basically since mid-May things…
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After the disaster, there’s the debrief.It's the process where first responders review "what worked and what didn’t work and what do we want to learn for…
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Colorado's snowpack continues to be the bright spot in the western U.S., thanks to historic precipitation in May. The South Platte River basin, which…
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Climate forecasters say the possibility of a strong El Niño in 2015 could mean above average precipitation and an increased flood risk for Colorado.The…