The thousands of visitors and campers in Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon had only minutes to find higher ground before a storm ...

Sharlynn Wamsley, who goes by Shar, has become one of several local historians documenting the flood of 1976 and its aftermath. Between 11 and 12 inches of rain fell in about four hours, sending a ...

Behind the tragedy lies a compelling scientific story that explains how an climate and geography came together and unleashed ...

Fifty years after a sudden wall of water ripped through Big Thompson Canyon and killed 144 people on July 31, 1976, Northern ...

Nearly 50 years ago, on July 31, 1976, a stationary thunderstorm over the mouth of the Big Thompson Canyon unleashed over half a foot of rain in about an hour, ...

It’s a tale of scores of lost lives — and lost businesses, too. For those who still remember the catastrophic Big Thompson Flood of July 31, 1976, 50 years seems like yesterday.

The Loveland Museum’s upcoming exhibit on the July 31, 1976 Big Thompson flood that killed 144 people looks to honor a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of America's deadliest flash floods swept quickly down a Colorado canyon on a summer evening, wiping out everything in its ...

The Big Thompson Canyon Association (midway through the canyon adjacent to Loveland Firehouse 8) will have an open house to serve as a remembrance event for the 1976 Big Thompson ...

A year's worth of precipitation fell in a little over an hour. The rain raced down steep, rocky slopes, collecting in streams and gullies, until it crashed into an angry, rapidly rising river. It was ...

Big Thompson Canyon embodies the stark beauty of the Colorado mountains. A river rushes through the scenic channel, enclosed on both sides by tree-adorned hills and rock formations. There’s nowhere to ...