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In 1976, the catastrophic Big Thompson Canyon Flash Flood tore through the Colorado Rockies from near Estes Park to around 25 miles to Loveland, a one half mile descent. Caused by stationary thunderstorms that produced around 1 foot of rain in about 3 hours that funneled into the narrow canyon, the appalling flash flood produced a wall of water around 20 feet high that hurled 10-foot boulders, vehicles, propane tanks, mobile homes and countless trees through the canyon. In 2 hours, the flash flood killed 146, of whom 6 were never found, and injured 150. Some of the victims were carried 25 miles. In 2008, one man who was believed to have been killed was discovered alive in Oklahoma. Damages totaled around $40 million.

 


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