2013 Colorado Floods Aftermath

A recovery crew removes debris from a railroad bridge over the South Platte River near Milliken as clean-up from recent flooding continues in the Colorado Front Range, US. Reports from emergency officials indicate there are over 20 oil spills from flood damage in the Evans and Greeley areas. 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: GP04TG9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 24/09/2013

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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