Interstate 70 is closed in each instructions via Glenwood Canyon due to flash flooding.
The Nationwide Climate Service has issued a flash flood warning for components of Eagle and Garfield counties together with Glenwood Canyon. The warning runs via 7:15 p.m.
The freeway is closed between Glenwood Springs and Dotsero, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
I-70 is now closed between mile-markers 116 and 133 each instructions, Glenwood Springs and Dotsero, resulting from a flash flood warning. pic.twitter.com/4FEjexpVKr
— Garfield 9-1-1 (@Garco911) August 26, 2023
About 5:10 p.m. heavy rain, between .05 and 1 inch, had fallen on the Grizzly Creek burn scar space, the climate service stated, and flash floods have been occurring.
Flash Flood Warning together with Eagle County, CO, Garfield County, CO till 7:15 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/05E9pGdESL
— NWS Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) August 26, 2023
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