Those were the headlines for April 8, 1900 — as reimagined "in the style of the day" for the American-Statesman on April 8, 1976 — when the Austin Dam, which supplied the city with almost all its electricity, collapsed during a major Colorado River flood.

To fix the problem, the district has spent more than $6 million in the past few years on a project to soften the grade of the creek sides, moving over 130,000 cubic yards of dirt and rock to create a sloping,

Officials are in the process of protecting natural floodplains across Mesa County. Protecting the natural floodplain in Mesa County has important implications that can be felt for years to come, and the Colorado River has a Special Flood Hazard Area.

In this video clip below, the fire department in Longmont, Colorado, responds to the scene of floodwaters that had overspilled the banks of the St. Vrain River. The waters were high enough to ...

Colorado’s average snowpack statewide masks worrisome water conditions in the south, where water providers are banking on more storms to boost water supplies before snowmelt begins in April. Much of Colorado’s annual water supply is stored in its winter snowpack,

A Colorado low will be moving into Atlantic Canada this week, raising the flood threat across the region. As temperatures warm, the snow begins to melt, and heavy rain pushes in, flooding river ...

“TAPER—A real-time Decision Support Tool for Balanced Flood Operation of the Arkansas ... RiverWare is a river and reservoir modeling tool developed by the University of Colorado Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems ...