Editing Manitou Springs, Colorado (section)

===Waldo Canyon flash flood===
On the afternoon of August 9, 2013, the city was inundated by a [[flash flood]] entering the northern edges of the city via roadways and natural channels as it descended from the flooded-out US Hwy 24. Traffic was stopped in both directions as the highway barriers formed a river drifting several occupied cars down a runoff ditch. The strong current made a path down Manitou Avenue from Cavern Gulch, as well as Canon Avenue, meandering turbulently through streets, homes, businesses, and [[spillways]], damaging 20 homes, 8 of them significantly. The flood water threatened buildings and parking lots along [[Fountain Creek]], and closed a portion of Manitou Avenue, which reopened later that evening.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_23579061/flash-flooding-near-waldon-canyon-burn-scar-area | title=Waldo Canyon flooding causes damage to 20 homes | date=July 2013 | publisher=Denver Post | access-date=February 25, 2015}}</ref>