Tag: flood
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Community meeting Thursday to discuss flash flood danger near Waldo Canyon fire burn scar
The public is invited to a meeting Thursday about the Waldo Canyon fire burn scar recovery efforts and information on how officials respond to flash floods, Colorado Springs city officials said. The meeting will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Chipeta Elementary School, 2340 Ramsgate Terrace. The meeting includes: – A breakdown of recovery…
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Landslide danger on west side prompts Colorado Springs officials to seek buyout money
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Landslides on Colorado Springs’ west side have prompted city officials to seek federal funding to buy out at least 20 damaged homes that sit on moving land. In May, record-breaking rainfall aggravated an infamous problem…
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Landslide danger on west side prompts Colorado Springs officials to seek buyout money
Landslides on Colorado Springs’ west side have prompted city officials to seek federal funding to buy out at least 20 damaged homes that sit on moving land. In May, record-breaking rainfall aggravated an infamous problem in southwest Colorado Springs – landslides, which threaten to crack homes in half or swallow them. About 40 homeowners in…
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Federal government to pay for majority of spring rain damage in El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After months of assessing damage, the federal government and El Paso County have come closer to a total cost of damage incurred during the spring rains. Initially, after a federal disaster was declared in May…
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Federal government to pay for majority of spring rain damage in El Paso County
After months of assessing damage, the federal government and El Paso County have come closer to a total cost of damage incurred during the spring rains. Initially, after a federal disaster was declared in May due to constant rain, El Paso County estimated that it would have more than $10 million worth of damage to…
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Mitigation work near Manitou Springs reignites plans to restore recreation area
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Travelers in the 1800s and early 20th century experienced a pristine, rushing creek and a 30-foot high waterfall enhanced by a rainbow when they ventured west of Manitou Springs along Fountain Creek. That scene, at…
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Mitigation work near Manitou Springs reignites plans to restore recreation area
Travelers in the 1800s and early 20th century experienced a pristine, rushing creek and a 30-foot high waterfall enhanced by a rainbow when they ventured west of Manitou Springs along Fountain Creek. That scene, at what is now El Paso County’s Rainbow Falls Recreation Area, is long gone. A large concrete highway bridge built above…
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Police seek to commend good Samaritan who pulled man from Monument Creek
A 30-year-old man’s life could have been cut short Tuesday night if it wasn’t for a good Samaritan who was near Monument Creek and saw the man in the water. The good Samaritan’s identity is unknown. But what Colorado Springs police spokeswoman Catherine Buckley knows is that the passerby pulled the man out of the…
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FEMA offers early look at 2017 floodplain maps for Pikes Peak region
Jennifer Severski’s home is barely in the floodplain – just her garage – but that’s enough to bump her yearly insurance bill from $300 to $3,000 . Severski, who lives in the Shooks Run neighborhood, was one of more than 50 El Paso County residents who lined on up Wednesday night to learn about possible…
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Low-interest loans available for landslide victims in El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County will be one of eight Colorado counties to receive federal aid to clean up from landslides, the Small Business Administration announced last week. The county was awarded a disaster declaration for landslides…