Two people were killed on Friday in Colorado flash flooding.

Flash flooding in Northern Colorado killed two people on Friday afternoon, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.

Flooding hit the Crystal Mountain area of Larimer County, about 100 miles north of Denver, submerging roads and bridges. The sheriff’s office had received reports of a camping trailer containing a woman and girl that had swept away. The authorities found the two of them dead on Friday evening.

No other injuries were reported to the sheriff’s office.

Floods also destroyed one home and caused minor damage to at least five others, according to the authorities. The U.S. Forest Service has temporarily closed large swaths of land in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests nearby, and crews stayed out until late Saturday evening to repair roads.

Operations to clear debris from damage will begin on Monday, the sheriff’s office said. The weather has remained hot and dry since Saturday, but the upcoming week will bring some limited threats of scattered thunderstorms and flash flooding, according to the National Weather Service.

Several flash floods have occurred in Larimer County since a wildfire in the same area burned hundreds of thousands of acres in 2020, leaving the land more vulnerable. Known as the Cameron Peak fire, it burned for months and became the largest recorded wildfire in Colorado history, according to the U.S. Forest Service.



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