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<br />.._- <br /> <br />\1l1if ,flow,o'6z'es"" <br />.rft'o':Vail'coiiaos <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />nver po.st Staft and Wire Reports <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />....,:;..-.. <br /> <br />MU<!' ,;;as,caded ,throughcondo-, <br />iniums,inVail Tuesday, and cit- <br />i acrosS a wide area of the, West <br />'!lCrl1erv!lus:watch on already <br />estiilg rivers as a new, threaten- <br />g storm'moved toward the reo <br />on.::":" " ", " ' <br />Ab~iif 70V~il residents were <br />'acuatedTuesday afternoon after <br />river 'of mud ran down a small <br />,nyon :-~nd poured through three' <br />,ndominum buildings along Cah- : <br />onixRoad. damaging 40 units. ' <br />"The:, ~ud 'was counter.high in ; Please see FLOODS on 12-A <br /> <br />...... <br />the kitchen," ~id' Vail 'resident <br />Dean Kerkling: ,"Mine's not the <br />worst of it."; " ' <br />Vail Fire Chief Dick Duran said <br />, oozing mud 3 feet deep entered the <br />eondominlims through windows on <br />the upslope' side of the buildings <br />and broke through doors and, win- , <br />, 'dows as it continued ,on. i,:' ',' <br />'. Authorities ,had,been 'nerVous <br />about a new storm moving inlo the <br />region, but the storm stalled over <br />'Nevada late in the day, delaying <br />for a time any new problems. Low- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />'.' <br /> <br />:./ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />A resident of Oak Creek, COlo" looks at the <br />swollen creek. Oak Creek and Steamboat <br />I <br /> <br />United Press lnterna 10 <br />Springs are, experiencing the highest early <br />spring runoff in residents' memory. <br />-- - <br />--- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- - <br />