Flash floods again hit residents along U.S. Highway 550 after heay rains fall in the 416 Fire burn area.
Floodwaters make their way downhill above East Animas Road (County Road 250) on Tuesday after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
La Plata County crews were ready for the floodwaters and began clearing East Animas Road (County Road 250) in front of the KOA Campground shortly after the flooding hit on Tuesday afternoon after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A resident looks at floodwaters flowing into the Animas River near East Animas Road (County Road 550) on Tuesday after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn Area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Department of Transportation had their plows out right after the flooding started on U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Houses along U.S. Highway 550 got hit by flooding on Tuesday north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris flows cover East Animas Road (County Road 250) just a couple miles north of Trimble Lane (County Road 252) on Tuesday afternoon after heavy rains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Debris flows cover East Animas Road (County Road 250) just a couple miles north of Trimble Lane (County Road 252) on Tuesday afternoon after heavy rains. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Some of the gardens at James Ranch were flooded out on Tuesday north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Honeyville on U.S. Highway 550 got hit by flooding on Tuesday north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Mike Glowac can’t believe the flooding and debris that flowed around his house on Highway 550 Tuesday afternoon north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Mike Glowac looks up at storm clouds while checking out flooding and debris around his house on Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Matt O’Brian checks out his garage that is filled with mud on the west side of Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Mike Glowac, left, and Matt O’Brian walk along a debris-filled irrigation ditch that flows above their homes on the west side of Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Denakay Hutton, site manager at Animas Village Apartments, west of U.S. Highway 550, is covered in mud after helping and checking on residents when floodwaters and debris hit the complex on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
April Fry hugs her neighbor, Lisa Metcalf, on the side of Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon as Ryin Fry, 8, and Tony Beaver all wait for rides into Durango after floods forced them from their homes in the Animas Village Apartments north of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Tony Beaver and Lisa Metcalf wait on the side of Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon for a bus to take them to the La Plata County Fairgrounds after flooding cut off power to the Animas Village Apartments north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
April Fry and her children, Ryin Fry, 8, and Abby Fry, 4, get into a La Plata County Sheriff’s Office rescue vehicle on U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon for a ride down to Hermosa after floods forced them from the Animas Village Apartments north of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Department of Transportation had their plows out right after flooding started on U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
April Fry and her children, Ryin Fry, 8, and Abby Fry, 4, get into a La Plata County Sheriff’s Office rescue vehicle on U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon for a ride down to Hermosa after floods forced them from the Animas Village Apartments north of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Department of Transportation had their plows out right after flooding started on U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A low area alongside U.S. Highway 550 is filled with several feet of debris on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A low area alongside U.S. Highway 550 is filled with several feet of debris on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Department of Transportation had their plows out right after flooding started on U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday north of Durango after rain fell in the 416 Fire burn area.
April Fry finds her daughter’s toy next to U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon that floodwaters carried down several hundred yards from their residence in Animas Village Apartments north of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A resident of Animas Village Apartments walks through a flooded parking lot near U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Cars sit in mud and debris in the parking lot at Animas Village Apartments near U.S. Highway 550 on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Department of Transportation crews had to clear two major mud and debris flows on U.S. Highway on Tuesday afternoon before the highway could reopen. Courtesy of Colorado Department of Transportation
Colorado Department of Transportation crews had to clear two major mud and debris flows on U.S. Highway on Tuesday afternoon before the highway could reopen. Courtesy of Colorado Department of Transportation
