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In an event described as “biblical” by the National Weather Service, a tropical monsoon dumped more than 17 inches of rain on the Front Range of Colorado, leaving a wide swath of death and destruction.. Just last year the same area experienced devastating forest fires, which scientists say made the flooding and landslides even worse.
An unprecedented tropical monsoon dumped more than 17 inches of rain on the Front Range of Colorado, an area which experienced devastating forest fires just last year. Matt Kelsch of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder tells host Steve Curwood that last year’s fires made this year’s floods and landslides far more destructive.