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<br />-- ~ - ----- <br /> <br />S talledstormdelaysnewproble111s <br /> <br />, ..' . ". . .111~' '6 ,. , .'.. <br />fLOODS lTom 1-A' " .... . . ,..... ~."..""".'" 'm' . ,', ";' <br /> <br /> <br />I er temperatures expected to ac-' <br />company the' storm could slow ' <br />snowmelt, but heavy rains could <br />bring on the worst flooding of the <br />season. _ , _ _... . <br />., "It all dePendS on how quickly it <br />cools and hOw much precipitation. <br />we get," said Dave Lawton, opera-: <br />I tions chief of the state Division of <br />Disaster Emergency Services. q <br />" Two flood-control experts from <br />the state Division of Water Re. <br />sources and the Army Corps of En., <br />'gineers today were, to begin.'a <br />three-day survey of flood'prone <br />,Western Slope counties. . " <br />. "We're trying to identify the <br />I places with tbe greatest threat <br />(and) find ways to lessen the dan. <br />ger," Lawton said. . <br />Meanwhile, the National Weath- <br />er Service. warned that by this '.' . <br />morning the Colorado River could'" '. . . , . : Randy Gunthasp <br />reach official flood stage from: Crews work Tuesday to clear out mud that destroyed, 16 of 32 units of. the Pine Ridge townhouses in Vail. . . <br />KremmlingtotheU1ahstateline~:-'" ,." . . "". .":,.,:' ',., ".' <br />In the western Colorado city of . 'OeltaCounty Sheriff, Dick Mik~': tributaries damaged roads in Delta \l'.jlshed out. amI w.t~r woo inrhini: <br />I Delta, 30 families were evacuated . lich said both rivers. were "running County and neighboring Montrose toward th <br />from a trailer park Tuesday as the. wild and rampant" Tuesday. . County. A state.of emergency was ~' _ <br />Uncompahgre River rose nearby. .,' His deputies spent much of the declared in both counties. The Yamoa River at Slp.mhnat' <br />D,ozens more residents at another: . day overseeing work by 60 convicts ., Reside)1ts .....nrt~" In hOlllinl:, '" - <br />. .s~rmgs,r wasconrunnin~~: ~5~900 ~' Cllhir. ". <br />park betweeriHotchkiss and Pao....from:.:,the state's Delta Honor water from t'lllk!l:w:ks tlll.helr ~- ~- - _~_,llle. <br />"3. were ordered to prepare ,.to "Camp,: who placed.' sandbags at : homes in thp lJ....ntt ';......,ty "^"'l- toe: se_d l::Itp <br />. hP<lIPvPllhpi-p.' 1;...' <br />ove because of a threat from the trouble spots along area rivers:~. . Tymnity of ()'!Jl~ C'J;aalr- ~rtt)r 1ce.ay \V'!Jl_ <br />North Fork of the Gunnison. River. ' With high water eroding its sup- leT linp. w~rp severed I1v a <br />.~ater ruptured a natura. .1.. gas line . po. rts, the Fifth Street Bridge in . stream's tOITPnl". . <br />p Olathe, cutting services to nu.. Delta remained closed, and anum': Threp offnllr hringes ",'TOSS <br />Imer:ous homes.,. "., . ,', ber. of surrounding' streams and' swollen O.k ('r~~!.- h.vp been <br />- ~-- -. - - -- <br /> <br />Flooding 'problems, als; contin'; <br />ued to plague Utah, northern New <br />Mexico and. southern Wyoming <br />Tuesday. .. <br /> <br />-' <br />