Mudslides force dozens of motorists to spend night on motorway and in tunnel July 30, 2021, 10:18 pm
Equipment works to clear mud and debris from a mudslide on Interstate-70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado (Colorado Department of Transportation via AP)
More than 100 people had to spend the night on a motorway, including nearly 30 who took refuge in a tunnel, after rain in an area burned by a wildfire once again triggered mudslides in western Colorado, authorities said.
The people were caught with their vehicles on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon on Thursday night.
Those in the tunnel were stuck for about nine hours until crews could carve out a path through the mud to reach them at about 6.30am local time on Friday, Garfield County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Walt Stowe said.
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