Mudslide Closes I-70 in Colorado Rockies, Rescues Underway
Published Date: 7/31/2021
Source: Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
The latest in a rash of summer mudslides blocked Interstate 70 in Colorado, a gateway to the Rocky Mountains, trapping at least 20 travelers in a tunnel west of Denver, with rescues continuing Friday. Thursday night’s slide occurred in Glenwood Canyon near Glenwood Springs, the Garfield County sheriff’s office said Friday on Facebook. Some travelers were rescued and no injuries were reported. As of Friday morning, there were “still multiple vehicles caught in the canyon” and emergency crews “will be busy rescuing these vehicles and their occupants while cleaning up the debris flows,” the sheriff’s office said. Colorado has suffered a series of mudslides along the interstate and flash floods in other parts of the state this summer in the aftermath of last year’s record wildfires. On July 20, a flash flood in Larimer County, near Fort Collins, killed three people and left another missing, officials said. This year had also seen more wildfires across Colorado. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake