Editing Loveland, Colorado (section)

=== 2013 & 1976 floods ===
On September 12, 2013, a historic flood affected numerous areas in Colorado. It rained heavily for four consecutive days, causing most rivers and creeks to overfill their banks. [[Estes Park, Colorado|Estes Park]] received {{convert|8|to|12|in}} of rain, causing Lake Estes to overfill its banks. This prompted a lot of water to be released out of the dam, causing the [[Big Thompson River]] to swell. The flooding river caused sections of U.S. Highway 34, the main highway from Loveland to Estes Park, to collapse. The Big Thompson caused major flooding in Loveland, and caused numerous road closures because of flood waters. The Loveland/Fort Collins area received about {{convert|4|in}}, which is relatively less significant compared to the amount of rain other places received. This flood is often compared to the [[Big Thompson Flood|Big Thompson Flood of 1976]], both of which are considered to be about a 1 in 500 chance of occurring in a given year, also called a "500-year flood", by the USGS and Colorado Department of Natural Resources standards and data respectively.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Heidi Schram |title=Hydrologic Evaluation of the Big Thompson Watershed |url=https://dnrftp.state.co.us/DWR/DamSafety/GROSS%20SSPMP/CDOT%20Big%20Thompson%20Hydrology%20_JACOBS_2014-08.pdf |website=Colorado Department of Natural Resources |access-date=April 28, 2021 |page=21 |date=August 2014}}</ref> Two people died as a result of the 2013 flooding in Larimer county while 144 people were killed in the 1976 flood, with 5 bodies in the 1976 incident never found.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Duggan |first1=Kevin |title=Recovering after rivers rage |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2014/09/05/september-flood-anniversary-colorado/15151647/ |access-date=April 28, 2021 |work=Coloradoan |date=September 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pohl |first1=Jason |title=40 years later: Scores killed in Big Thompson Flood |url=https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2016/07/29/big-thompson-flood-killed-scores/87524858/ |access-date=April 28, 2021 |work=Coloradoan |date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>