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Colorado Springs weather: Slight chance of snow, high of 43
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Colorado Springs residents can expect a 20% chance of snow showers after 5 p.m., Sunday with partly sunny skies and a high near 43. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the morning, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Scattered snow showers are expected in the mountains today. A few…
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Colorado Springs-area officials share fire prevention tips for dry weather after several grass fires
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Officials are reminding citizens to do their part in preventing wildland fires after a series of fires ignited around the Colorado Springs area. Most notably, the human-induced Sweetwater fire burned 346 acres of land near the Pikes Peak International Raceway on Saturday, causing evacuations. Wildland fires are statistically most often caused by humans, according Klint…
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INSIGHTS | A West without snow creates a Colorado you won’t know
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I’ve taken this climate change talk with an attentive grain of salt, hoping, I guess, that it was overly hyped for fundraising. That’s melted away over time. You can’t blame me for being a skeptic. I was born doubting most things. When I was a kid, pollution was depicted in the media I consumed, Mad…
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Avalanche blocks key route to Vail ski area in Colorado
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An avalanche swept across a Colorado highway that is a key route to the popular Vail ski resort, blocking access for some skiers heading to the mountain and trapping three commercial trucks, authorities said Tuesday. No one was injured when the avalanche dumped up to 15 feet of snow onto Interstate 70 at Vail Pass…
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US Southwest faces threat of megadroughts with rising temps
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Already dealing with parched conditions, the U.S. Southwest faces the threat of megadroughts this century as temperatures rise, says a new study that found the risk is reduced if heat-trapping gases are curbed. Oppressive dry spells lasting at least two decades have gripped the Southwest before, but scientists said future megadroughts would be hotter and…
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40 years later: Scores killed in Big Thompson Flood
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A year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes. Clouds piled 12 miles into the mountain sky unleashed a deluge on July 31, 1976, setting off the most powerful flood since glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago. The chaos along an otherwise trickling Big Thompson River killed 144 people, five of whom were never found, and…
