Gazette videographer John Schroyer's car was buried in mud on Hwy. 24 west of Manitou Springs, Colorado, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)




Crews work to clear mud from Hwy. 24 after a mudslide closed the road just west of Manitou Springs on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The flash flood and mudslide occurred in the area that was burned in the Waldo Canyon Fire last year. (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)


Mud covers the ramp leading from Manitou Springs, Colorado, after a flash flood and mudslide took many motorists by surprise on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The area is a flash flood risk, because of it's proximity to the Waldo Canyon Fire last year. (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)


A man works to dig out his van from the mud on Hwy. 24 just west of Manitou Springs, Colorado, when a wall of mud came down on vehicles during a rainstorm on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The flash flood occurred in the area of where the Waldo Canyon Fire was last year. (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)


This was covered in mud and was able to drive down Hwy. 24 after a flash flood near the Waldo Canyon Fire area. The mudslide and flash flood occurred west of Manitou Springs on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 . (The Gazette/Jerilee Bennett)


Mud, rocks and water covered Highway 24 west of Manitou Springs Wednesday, June 10. Photo by John Schroyer. The Gazette

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