South Fork

uh let's get into this flooding though you see all this stuff crazy southwest colorado um because the springs hit really hard but there are 12 12 counties that were uh under a disaster emergency declaration or whatever it's called um inches of rain.

I think because the Springs got over five, um, five inches of rain between October 22nd and 23rd, uh, South Fork and, uh, Del Norte got, uh, over four inches of rain.

So just widespread flooding, um, terrifying videos to be honest like it's it was a lot of damage you know and we're recording this on monday um rain's supposed to kind of slow down quite a bit and uh those water levels are supposed to keep dropping so that's that's good news um I haven't seen anything about any deaths.

I haven't seen anything about injuries yet, but maybe more news will come out in days to come.

River flooding also surged through Durango and authorities ordered evacuations along several rivers.

In South Fork, Colorado, floodwaters surrounded travel trailers at Fun Valley Family Resort, a large campground along the Rio Grande.

Photos released by South Fork Fire Rescue show RVs sitting in muddy floodwater.

But perhaps the most dramatic incident happened about 10 miles southeast of Pagosa Springs.

A couple attempting to evacuate their home in an RV was swept off a flooded roadway and into the Rio Blanco River floodwaters.

The Colorado National Guard eventually reached the stranded couple using a Blackhawk helicopter, lowering rescuers into the river and hoisting the couple and all five animals to safety.

The flooding has created significant problems for anyone traveling through the region.

U.S. Highway 160 over Wolf Creek Pass between Pagosa Springs and South Fork was closed over the weekend, with sections of the highway severely damaged by floodwaters.

Dozens of people pulled to safety by the National Guard after rapidly rising water trapped people on top of their cars.

in southern Colorado, a disaster emergency and mandatory evacuations after heavy rain unleashed flash flooding in the town of South Fork on the Rio Grande River.

More evacuations in Pagosa Springs after a wall of water from the San Juan River swamped the town.

Officials say this was the highest the San Juan River has been in 115 years.

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A renovated Shaw Creek rest area between South Fork and Del Norte off U.S. Highway 160 is set to reopen on Wednesday, October 21st.

CDOT is hosting an event to celebrate the completion of the project that was originally built in 1967 and has been a popular rest stop for travelers in southern Colorado.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony is on October 21st at 10.30 a.m., located at the Shaw Creek rest area at 25313 U.S. Highway 160 in South Fork.

It's good to get that rest area back open.

That's a popular

a good place to

stop.