Historic Avalanches Occur In Colorado

Bella Breakdown Over the last nine days, Colorado has seen a historic amount of avalanche slides. Normally, Colorado will experience 2,500 avalanches a year, and 2019 has already surpassed that. Not only are the slides more frequent, but they are also much larger and more powerful than average. The slides have been caused by large amounts of wet, heavy snow weighing down on top of weaker snow layers, causing the unstable snow to slide. These slides have been occurring all over the state, including along 1-70, a major highway, on top of people’s houses in ski towns, and within...

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