Heavy rainstorms Tuesday and Wednesday wreacked havoc in certain areas below the 416 Fire burn scar. Large boulders, thick mud and rain water filled roads and driveways and, in some cases, the insides of peoples' homes or apartments.
Brian Leidal and his wife, Kaylee, walk along the side of their townhome Wednesday after floods hit their place for the second time in a week on Tuesday night below County Road 250C. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
On Wednesday, Apryl Fry walks through her living room with her daughter, Abby, 4, in their home where they live with Abby’s brother, Ryin, 8, at Animas Village Apartments. Tuesday’s floodwaters came in through the front door and left several inches of mud and debris. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
On Wednesday, Apryl Fry walks through her living room with her daughter, Abby, 4, in their home where they live with Abby’s brother, Ryin, 8, at Animas Village Apartments. Tuesday’s floodwaters came in through the front door and left several inches of mud and debris. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
On Wednesday, Apryl Fry walks through her living room with her daughter, Abby, 4, in their home where they live with Abby’s brother, Ryin, 8, at Animas Village Apartments. Tuesday’s floodwaters came in through the front door and left several inches of mud and debris. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Apryl Fry, left, hugs her neighbor Andrea Medina, on Wednesday as they struggle to deal with their flooded homes at Animas Village Apartments. Tuesday’s floodwaters came in through the front doors, leaving inches of mud and debris behind. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
“I just don’t know what to do,” said Andrea Medina on Wednesday while looking at the mud-soaked carpet in her living room where she lives with her three children at Animas Village Apartments. Tuesday’s floodwaters came in through the front door, leaving several inches of mud and debris behind. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Several inches of mud where left behind in an Animas Village Apartments hallway on Wednesday. Floodwaters came through Tuesday, leaving inches of mud and debris behind. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Brian Leidal and his wife, Kaylee, stopped their vacation short and rushed home last week to deal with a flood that hit their townhome on July 17. The townhome, below County Road 250C, was hit again Tuesday night. On Wednesday, they were trying to clean what they could. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Brian Leidal and his wife, Kaylee, look at a debris field on Wednesday behind their townhome below County Road 250C. Two floods hit their place in the span of a week below County Road 250C. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Brian Leidal and his wife, Kaylee, stopped their vacation short and rushed home last week to deal with a flood that hit their townhome on July 17. The townhome, below County Road 250C, was hit again Tuesday night. On Wednesday, they were trying to clean what they could.
Tuesday afternoon’s floods wiped out all the plants in two hoop houses and damaged both of them at James Ranch. The floodwaters, mud and debris also brought down a line of fence and covering crops north of Hermosa. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A honeybee checks out a sunflower that somehow escaped Tuesday’s floodwaters. The flood wiped out all the plants in two hoop houses at the James Ranch. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Tuesday afternoon’s floods damaged two hoop houses and took out all their plants. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Floodwaters on Tuesday afternoon wiped out all the plants in two hoop houses. The floods also damaged the hoop houses, which are on leased property on the James Ranch north of Hermosa. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Andrew Loya, a plumber with Master Rooter, was on a call at Animas Village Apartments on Tuesday when a flash flood from the 416 Fire burn scar caused huge boulders and other debris to cover area. Loya’s truck was washed away and damaged. Courtesy of Linda Jones
A huge boulder was carried down the mountain during a flash flood on Tuesday near Animas Village Apartments. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Mud and boulders block the entrance to Animas Village Apartments north of Hermosa after a flash flood on Tuesday afternoon. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Mud caused damage to some units at the Animas Village Apartments north of Hermosa after a flash flood on Tuesday afternoon. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Mud and boulders block the Animas Village Apartments parking lot after a flash flood north of Hermosa on Tuesday afternoon. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Andrew Loya, a plumber with Master Rooter, was on a call at Animas Village Apartments on Tuesday when a flash flood from the 416 Fire burn scar caused huge boulders and other debris to cover area. Loya’s truck was washed away and damaged. Courtesy of Linda Jones
A flash flood Tuesday afternoon sent rocks and thick mud from the 416 Fire burn scar into parking lots and homes north of Hermosa. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Mud and rocks from a flash flood blocked the Animas Village Apartments parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Mud and rocks from a flash flood blocked the Animas Village Apartments parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Rocks and damaged trees sit in front of a townhome north of Hermosa on Tuesday after a flash flood. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Rocks and damaged trees sit in front of a townhome north of Hermosa on Tuesday after a flash flood. Courtesy of Linda Jones
Andrew Loya, a plumber with Master Rooter, was on a call at Animas Village Apartments on Tuesday when a flash flood from the 416 Fire burn scar caused huge boulders and other debris to cover the area. Loya’s truck was washed away and damaged. Courtesy of Linda Jones
