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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

More wet weather in store for Colorado

The Associated Press


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More wet weather in store for Colorado

Routt County Road and Bridge employee Roger Bratton uses a rubber-tired excavator to remove part of a culvert as fellow employee Larry Bond watches the operation Monday afternoon. The culvert, which used to run under Routt County Road 179 near the western intersection with Routt County Road 33, was removed along with part of the road to allow water that was threatening to breach Routt County Road 33 to flow downstream faster.
Routt County Road and Bridge employee Roger Bratton uses a rubber-tired excavator to remove part of a culvert as fellow employee Larry Bond watches the operation Monday afternoon. The culvert, which used to run under Routt County Road 179 near the western intersection with Routt County Road 33, was removed along with part of the road to allow water that was threatening to breach Routt County Road 33 to flow downstream faster.ENLARGE
Routt County Road and Bridge employee Roger Bratton uses a rubber-tired excavator to remove part of a culvert as fellow employee Larry Bond watches the operation Monday afternoon. The culvert, which used to run under Routt County Road 179 near the western intersection with Routt County Road 33, was removed along with part of the road to allow water that was threatening to breach Routt County Road 33 to flow downstream faster.
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DENVER (AP) — Parts of Colorado could get another soaking with more heavy rains predicted.

Flash flood watches are in effect until Tuesday night for western Colorado as well as the northern Front Range and northeastern plains.

The Summit Daily News reports that flooding on Monday washed away part of a road in Breckenridge. Highway 9 will be down to one lane while the road is repaired.

Conditions are much different in south central and southeastern Colorado, where drought conditions persist.

The National Weather Service says the area has seen more storms since La Nina conditions have dissipated in the spring but the precipitation has been spott




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