One of America's deadliest flash floods swept quickly down a Colorado canyon on a summer evening, wiping out everything in its path. On July 31, 1976, 49 years ago this evening, up to 14 inches of ...

Searchers looked through a car in the Big Thompson River three miles west of Loveland, Colo., in this Aug. 5, 1976 file photo. DAVE BURESH / AP A year’s worth of precipitation fell in a little over an ...

Every year at this time, I’m reminded of the Big Thompson Flood of July 31, 1976. It was Saturday night. Two of our daughters were “out” with friends that evening. The day had been hot and muggy, so I ...

The Front Range of Colorado is reeling from the biggest—and probably most destructive—flash flood in the region’s history, thanks to a storm that dropped a year’s worth of rainfall in about 24 hours.

The Big Thompson Flood of 1976 was 49 years ago today, and it led to 144 deaths. Chris Bianchi takes a look back on the devastating day. Mom Worried If New Rescue Dog Had ‘Bonded’ With Baby, Then She ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- When the 1976 Big Thompson flood destroyed the town of Estes Park in Colorado, the death toll reached 151, and six bodies were never found. After more than 30 years, residents began ...