{"id":26543,"date":"2024-07-21T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sunday-rainstorms-in-durango-cause-mudslide\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:41:51","slug":"sunday-rainstorms-in-durango-cause-mudslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sunday-rainstorms-in-durango-cause-mudslide\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday rainstorms in Durango cause mudslide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Cars
Cars drive through a mudslide in the 4500 block of Main Avenue during a rainstorm on Sunday. (Courtesy of Durango Police Department Facebook page)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A Sunday afternoon rainstorm brought roughly up to 0.8 inches of rain, causing a mudslide in the 4500 block of Main Avenue between Mild to Wild and Red Cliff Apartments.<\/p>\n

The slide reduced traffic to one lane, according to a post on the Durango Police Department\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>. Clean up crews were on site removing debris as of 3:15 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n

After a relatively light monsoon in July, Durango and the Animas Valley were hit hard by the rainstorm.<\/p>\n

Areas near Purgatory Resort received slightly less rain with 0.6 inches, while Cortez experienced minimal precipitation. However, the National Weather Service reported hale about a half-inch in diameter in Towaoc.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just been having this moisture that\u2019s been trapped across southwest Colorado for quite a while, with the moisture not really moving out of the area,\u201d said NWS meteorologist Megan Sanders on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Vehicles
Vehicles drive through standing water on northbound Camino del Rio near 14th Street in Downtown Durango on Sunday. Rainfall was reportedly heavy enough to also cause a mudslide further north in the 4500 block of Main Avenue. (Matt Hollinshead\/Durango Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Sanders said she received reports of flooding on Animas View Drive. Moisture is likely to hang around in Southwest Colorado and the San Juan Mountains through Tuesday.<\/p>\n

She said that while July has been drier than usual, storms in late June have kept Southwest Colorado on par for a normal rainfall year.<\/p>\n

Plus, moisture appears to be picking up in Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks like we might get another push of monsoon moisture late next week,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a promising summer for the region in regards to drought status. According to the United States Drought Monitor, Southwest Colorado is not considered in danger of drought.<\/p>\n

tbrown@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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