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A worker at the Cliff House tries to help a man move his van out of the flash-flood zone in Manitou Springs in September 2013.
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The St. Patrick’s Day was canceled for the second year in a row, but a 5K for St. Patrick’s Day was run no matter what the weather. Runners starts were staggered and after the race started large snowflakes started to drop in downtown on Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT THE GAZETTE
Weather causes hazardous conditions, resulting in multiple road closures
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO)
– The Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management said Sunday afternoon they are continuing to monitor weather conditions closely and said local officials are ready to respond to impacts resulting from winter weather in and around Colorado Springs.
Officials said the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for northern El Paso County, Monument Ridge, and Rampart Range through midnight on Sunday. The remainder of El Paso County, including Colorado Springs, remains under a winter storm warning through midnight Sunday.
The Colorado Department of Transportation said they closed I-25 in both directions from Interquest Parkway in north Colorado Springs to Plum Creek Parkway in Castle Rock, and are warner drivers to turn around if possible . Portions of highways 24, 83, 94, and 105 are also closed in both directions.
A lone car sits on the side of highway 285 after spinning out in the snow as a snowplow passes on the other side of the highway near Conifer on March 13, 2021. By 6 p.m. on Saturday, several inches of snow had accumulated in the foothills west of Denver, and for the Denver metro area, several dozen inches of snow were forecast to fall through the end of the weekend. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette)
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The St. Patrick’s Day was canceled for the second year in a row, but a 5K for St. Patrick’s Day was run no matter what the weather. Runners starts were staggered and after the race started large snowflakes started to drop in downtown on Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT THE GAZETTE
The St. Patrick’s Day was canceled for the second year in a row, but a 5K for St. Patrick’s Day was run no matter what the weather. Runners starts were staggered and after the race started large snowflakes started to drop in downtown on Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)