Flooding Rain
50th Anniversary of 1965 Denver Flood
Tuesday marks 50 years since one of the worst floods in Colorado's history ripped through the Denver area. The flood of June, 16th, 1965 brought a torrent of water some 20 feet high at times down the Platte, wrecking everything in its path. According to the National Weather Service, nearly 14" of rain fell with a storm near Larkspur, CO on the evening of the 16th of June. Beginning in Plum Creek, and eventually making its way to the South Platte, this storm sent a wall of water hurdling toward