At least three fires on Sunday night involved lightning strikes, one fire that left marina damaged The Upper Pine River Fire Protection District was deluged with multiple fires in the Vallecito area ...

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Heavy rains and flooding in southwest Colorado over the last six days caused flooding along creeks, rivers, and roadways, prompting evacuations in Vallecito. Officials in La Plata County say those ...

More than 100 homes flooded in southern Colorado on Saturday as floodwaters washed homes off of their foundations, damaged bridges, closed roads and stranded at least eight people near Vallecito Creek ...

Mandatory evacuations remain in place for portions of La Plata County, Colorado, after heavy rains have led to flooding in the area. La Plata County spokesperson Sarah Jacobson says more than 390 ...

VALLECITO, Colo. — The residents of Vallecito are ready to go home, but the roads of this heavily flooded La Plata County community are not quite ready to take them there – at least not smoothly.

Evacuations have been ordered along Vallecito Creek due to a levee breach, according to the Upper Pine River Fire Protection. At 10:08 a.m., the Upper Pine River Fire Protection announced immediate ...

Evacuation headquarters have been moved from Bayfield High School to the Bayfield Recreation Department gymnasium on East South Street. Nearly 400 homes have been evacuated and over 100 homes have ...