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July 2018 Storms
dumped rain and hail across the state Tuesday and Wednesday, with
strong winds and lightning also affecting certain areas. One woman lost
her car to a sinkhole and barely escaped thanks to a bystander who
helped her get out of the car.
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July 2018 A
massive sinkhole opened up and swallowed a Toyota RAV4 SUV on Oxford
Avenue in Sheridan Tuesday evening.
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July 2018 Two
firefighters and another person are in the hospital after a crash at
2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. A van was swept into a sinkhole near Old
Pueblo Rd. and Birdsall. The driver of the van left the scene and
minutes later, another car was swept away. When firefighters responded
to assist, their truck ended up in the sinkhole, landing on top of the
car and trapping a person inside.
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July 2018 Rachael
Haber was checking on a cat she was sitting when the flooding hit.
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July 2018 One
woman died after she was caught in a flash flood in Englewood.
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August 2018 People
who live in an Englewood neighborhood hit by flooding this week say the
woman who got trapped in those floods didn’t have to die. Neighbors are
angry the city has not done more in the wake of the tragedy and the
severe damage caused to many homes, and more importantly, has not fixed
what they call a failing storm drainage system.
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August 2018 There
are families really struggling to recover after storms last week, after
it brought tons of rain and hail leaving streets underwater. The
floodwaters rushed into people's homes in Englewood, many of which were
told not purchase flood insurance because the homes were not located in
a flood zone.
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August 2018 Almost
one month since the tragic flooding in Englewood took a young woman’s
life, city council members finally discussed what went wrong during
their routine public meeting Monday evening.
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