2013 Colorado Floods Aftermath

A washed-out bridge near Highway 287 and Dillon Road in Lafayette, US. Flood damage was wide-spread up and down the Colorado Front Range from heavy rains which caused the St. Vrain, South Platte and other tributaries to flood. Torrential rains that lashed the northern Front Range of Colorado delivered six months worth of normal rainfall from September 11 to 15, 2013 causing a record flooding in the area.

Unique identifier: GP04T0G

Type: Image

Shoot date: 20/09/2013

Locations: Colorado, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © Bob Pearson / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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2013 Colorado Floods Aftermath

Documentation of the aftermath of flooding in Colorado, US, between September 11 and 15, 2013. Torrential rains that lashed the northern Front Range of Colorado delivered six months worth of normal rainfall in days, an amount the National Weather Service characterized as of "Biblical proportion." Eight people are known to have died and more than a thousand homes are destroyed.

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